kiln en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɪln/ (General-American)
- /kɪln/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /kɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
Etymology
From Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, cylen, cylin (“large oven, kiln”), from Latin culīna (“kitchen, kitchen stove”). Middle English -ln(e) usually becomes modern -ll as in mill. The pronunciation /kɪln/ may be based on dialects in which this simplification did not take place, but it must have been at least reinforced by spelling pronunciation.
Meanings
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An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kilns | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kill | alternative, rare | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bottle kiln · anagama kiln · kilnhole · brickkiln · kilnman · limekiln · Ju kiln · dragon kiln · climbing kiln · mid-kiln · Ru kiln · malt-kiln · kilnlike
Translations (63)
sq furrë (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fa تون (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · th เตาเผา (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · az kürə (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · tr kireç ocağı (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · bg керамична пещ (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · sv kölna (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · pt fornaça (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · lv ceplis (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · cy odyn (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hy թրծավառարան (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fr touraille (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · de Brennofen (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · et põletusahi (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hu égetőkemence (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · cmn 窯 /窑 (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hy չորացնող վառարան (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · he כִּבְשָׁן (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ar فُرْن (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · gv aiee (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hu boksa (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · nl drooghut (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fi kuivaamo (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · de Darre (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · sw tanuri (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fi uuni (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · pl piec do wypalania cegły (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fi riihi (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fa کوره (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ja 炉 (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hi भट्ठी (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · it fornace (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ota فرون (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ka გამოსაწვავი ღუმელი (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ko 가마 (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fr four (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · de Dörrofen (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · la fornāx (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · gd àth (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ru суши́льная печь (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ta சூளை (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ast forna (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ja 窯 (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · es horno (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · lij fornâxe (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · bg варова пещ (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · sv torkhus (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ga áith (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · sv torkugn (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · nl droogkamer (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · fi kuivuri (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · mr भट्टी (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · cs vypalovací pec (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · gl forno (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · nl oven (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ca forn (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · ru печь для о́бжига и су́шки (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · hi भट्ठा (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · mi umutahu (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · gu ભઠ્ઠી (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · pl suszarnia (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · sv brännugn (oven, furnace or heated chamber) · vi lò (oven, furnace or heated chamber)