kiln

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Pronunciation

• (America, RP) IPA: /kɪl(n)/

Noun

kiln (plural kilns)

1. An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, fire#Verb|firing ceramics, cure#Verb|curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

Translations

• French: four, touraille
• German: Brennofen
• Italian: fornace
• Portuguese: forno
• Russian: сушильный
• Spanish: horno

Verb

kiln (kilns, present participle kilning; past and past participle kilned)

1. To bake in a kiln.

   When making pottery we need to allow the bisque to dry before we kiln it.

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