kiln

noun
UK: /kɪln/
US: /kɪln/

  1. A special oven for baking things like pottery or bricks.

    1. The kiln is very hot when it's baking bricks.
    2. The potter carefully placed the clay sculpture inside the kiln.

Synonyms

oven furnace
kiln transitive-verb

  1. To bake, dry, or harden in a kiln.

    1. They kiln the bricks at a high temperature.
    2. The artist will kiln their ceramic pieces to make them durable.

Frequently Asked Questions

The phonetic transcription of "kiln" is /kɪln/ in British English and /kɪln/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "kiln": oven, furnace.

Example usage of "kiln": "The kiln is very hot when it's baking bricks.". More examples on the page.