KILN


Meaning of KILN in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

brick

In 1910 Hilton Anderson's foreman bricklayer was killed when he fell while demolishing a brick kiln .

The 300 or so brick kilns of Juarez are just part of the problem.

His body was wheeled off in a peat barrow and cremated in the local brick kiln .

Each whale ship carries its own brick kiln , above which are two big shining pots.

pottery

However, open firing is least easy to control and must have been one reason why pottery kilns were introduced.

■ VERB

fire

Other firms specialise in direct-heat gasifiers to make gas to fire furnaces and kilns .

At eleven the earth was dry and thirsty, the field baking: it was like being fired in a kiln .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And now I could feel my face getting hot, like I was working around a kiln .

Another shape of updraft kiln is square in plan.

Come and see the hop kiln , Mike said.

In a pit kiln the fuel is placed below and above the pottery and not clearly separated as in updraft kilns.

It then passes through the kiln chamber holding the pottery and is vented through an exterior chimney.

The 300 or so brick kilns of Juarez are just part of the problem.

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