Kiln
WordNet
noun
(1) A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
WiktionaryText
English
Etymology
From , from or , from , introduced by the Romans to England in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Noun
- An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics or curing or preserving tobacco.
Verb
- To bake in a kiln.
- When making pottery we need to allow the bisque to dry before we kiln it.