: an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying
kiln
transitive verb
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The word kiln was kindled in Old English as a bundle of c-y-l-n. Unlike many words that descend from Old English, however, kiln is not ultimately Germanic in origin but was borrowed from Latin culina, meaning "kitchen," an ancestor of the English word culinary, which has been a menu option in English since the 17th century. An ingredient in culina is coquere, meaning "to cook" in Latin.
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When Kam gives a poetry reading and Jorja successfully fires the kiln up on campus for the first time.
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Katie Yee, People.com, 10 July 2025
The shredded tires can also be used as a more efficient fuel to power kilns and boilers in concrete factories, electric plants and pulp and paper mills.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
With the kilns were inscribed bricks that show this site was likely used to make official bricks for a prefecture at the time, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Dishes are packed up and transported to a kiln outside the city limits—one of the few remaining from the once-booming ceramics industry in Lodi.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
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Katie Yee, People.com, 10 July 2025
The shredded tires can also be used as a more efficient fuel to power kilns and boilers in concrete factories, electric plants and pulp and paper mills.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
With the kilns were inscribed bricks that show this site was likely used to make official bricks for a prefecture at the time, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Dishes are packed up and transported to a kiln outside the city limits—one of the few remaining from the once-booming ceramics industry in Lodi.
—Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Kiln.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kiln. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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