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kiln

/kɪln/

kilnnoun

kilns

/kɪln/

Translations

The pottery was fired in a kiln.

Керамика была обожжена в печи.

Additional translations

обжиговая печь

Definitions

A furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for firing pottery, bricks, or ceramics.

The potter placed the clay pots in the kiln to harden them.

Synonyms

kilnverb

kilned

Past Simple

kilned

Past Participle

kilning

Gerund

/kɪln/ or /kɪl/

Used transitively to mean 'to fire, burn, or dry in a kiln'.

Definitions

To burn, fire, or dry (a material such as pottery, bricks, or grain) in a kiln.

The bricks are kilned at 1000°C to achieve the desired hardness.

Synonyms

furnace (verb)