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| kiln [ kiln ] |
noun (plural kilns) |
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1. industrial oven: a specialized oven or furnace used for industrial processes such as firing clay for pottery or bricks and for drying materials such as hops or timber
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2. regional agriculture pile of vegetables: a heap of vegetables, usually potatoes, covered with earth and mulch and sometimes stored in a shed
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transitive verb (past and past participle kilned, present participle kiln·ing, 3rd person present singular kilns) |
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process something in kiln: to dry, fire, or bake something in a kiln
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| [Pre-12th century. < Latin culina< coquere "to cook"] |
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