Kiln
/kˈɪln/
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Definition
(noun) An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
Sentence Examples
I used to make ash trays in a kiln at school.
The kiln must reach 1400 degree centigrade in order to melt glass.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ceramic artist placed her clay pots in a very hot ____ to bake them until they became hard today.