kiln
To bake in a kiln; to fireTo bake in a kiln; to fire.
» Electric kilns allow easy temperature control.
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1 sensesTo bake in a kiln; to fire.
When making pottery we need to allow the bisque to dry before we kiln it.
Examples
3 sentencesElectric kilns allow easy temperature control.
I used to make ash trays in a kiln at school.
I like to scratch fake language into clay, fire it up in a kiln and bury it in random places.
Origin
From Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, cylen, cylin (“large oven, kiln”), fromFrom Middle English kilne, from Old English cyln, cylen, cylin (“large oven, kiln”), from Latin culīna (“kitchen, kitchen stove”).
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Forms
kilns, kilning, kilned, kilnedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.