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kiln

kiln
K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kil, kiln]
    • /kɪl, kɪln/
    • /kɪln/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kil, kiln]
    • /kɪl, kɪln/

Definitions of kiln word

  • noun kiln a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks. 1
  • verb with object kiln to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln. 1
  • noun kiln A furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, esp. one for calcining lime or firing pottery. 1
  • noun kiln oven: for firing pottery 1
  • countable noun kiln A kiln is an oven that is used to bake pottery and bricks in order to make them hard. 0
  • noun kiln a large oven for burning, drying, or processing something, such as porcelain or bricks 0

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Origin of kiln

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English kiln(e), Old English cylen < Latin culīna kitchen

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Kiln

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

kiln popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

kiln usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for kiln

noun kiln

  • stove — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
  • furnace — a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
  • fire — combustion
  • hearth — the floor of a fireplace, usually of stone, brick, etc., often extending a short distance into a room.
  • glaze — to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.

verb kiln

  • towelling — a narrow fabric of cotton or linen, in plain, twill, or huck weave, used for hand towels or dishtowels.
  • soak up — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
  • wizen — wizened.
  • torrefy — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
  • toweling — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.

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