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kiln

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++kiln /kɪln/ noun [countable]  TIMa special oven for baking clay pots, bricks etc 〔烧制陶器、砖头等的〕窑
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kilnAnd now I could feel my face getting hot, like I was working around a kiln.The 300 or so brick kilns of Juarez are just part of the problem.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.Another shape of updraft kiln is square in plan.
Origin kiln (700-800) Latin culina kitchen, from coquere to cook
kiln nounChinese
for special clay Corpus oven pots, a baking


kiln
kiln /kɪln/ noun [countable]
 Date: 700-800
 Language: Latin
 Origin: culina 'kitchen', from coquere 'to cook'
a special oven for baking clay pots, bricks etc


kilnBrE /kɪln/ 🔊NAmE /kɪln/ 🔊 nouna large oven for baking clay and bricks, drying wood and grain, etc.