kiln

4 definitions found

kiln - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kiln \Kiln\ (k[i^]ln or k[i^]l), n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln,
     cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as
     coal. See Coal.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
        [1913 Webster]

kiln - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kiln
      n 1: a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as
           porcelain or bricks

kiln - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Kiln, MS (CDP, FIPS 37600)
    Location: 30.41654 N, 89.43423 W
    Population (1990): 1262 (641 housing units)
    Area: 34.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

kiln - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "kiln":
     Seger cone, acid kiln, air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blot, brickkiln,
     brush, burn, cement kiln, cure, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate,
     drain, dry, enamel kiln, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, furnace,
     insolate, limekiln, muffle kiln, mummify, oven, parch, pyrometer,
     pyrometric cone, reverberatory, reverberatory kiln, rub, scorch,
     sear, shrivel, smoke, soak up, sponge, stove, sun, sun-dry, swab,
     torrefy, towel, weazen, wipe, wither, wizen