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kiln

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1. kiln - Noun

2. kiln - Verb

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A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

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A chimney stack improves the air flow or draw of the kiln, thus burning the fuel more completely. Source: Internet

A continuous kiln, sometimes called a tunnel kiln, is a long structure in which only the central portion is directly heated. Source: Internet

An updraft kiln has shelves that trap heat. Source: Internet

After the firing is completed, both the kiln and the ware are cooled. Source: Internet

After two years, Fuller sold the bridge to Myron C. Lake, who continued to develop the community with the addition of a grist mill, kiln, and livery stable to the hotel and eating house. Source: Internet

An alkaline solution (" milk of lime " and carbon dioxide from the lime kiln) then serves to precipitate impurities (see carbonatation ). Source: Internet

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