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Synonyms for kiln


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kil, kiln
Phonetic Transcription : kɪl, kɪln



Définition of kiln

Origin :
  • Old English cyln, cylen "kiln, oven," from Latin culina "kitchen, cooking stove," unexplained variant of coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Old Norse kylna, Welsh cilin probably are from English.
  • noun oven
Example sentences :
  • But the marble statues they put into a kiln to make lime to plaster their houses.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • And the idea of turning his Serapeum into a kiln does not appeal to him.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Kiln marks are formed on some of the brick due to the weight of the brick above in the kiln.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • When the kiln is full the wicket is bricked up and daubed over with road-mud.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Escorting them across the room he showed them a low oven or kiln.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • And you say these things must stay in the kiln about three days?
  • Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • When the bricks come out of the kiln, some of them are good and some are not.
  • Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
  • When the sulphur ceases to run from the kiln, the process is complete.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 » by Various
  • The higher the temperature of the lumber, the more efficient is the kiln.
  • Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner
  • The kiln should be so designed that the proper degree may be maintained at its every section.
  • Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner

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