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Word entry · 4 letters

kiln

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"Furnace for pottery"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /kɪln/Part of speech nounSorted iklnStarts with KEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Furnace used to fire, burn, or dry pottery, bricks, or similar materials.

Word origin

From Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, cylen, cylin (“large oven, kiln”), from Latin culīna (“kitchen, kitchen stove”).

Used in a sentence

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

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