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kiln

[kil, kiln] / kɪl, kɪln /
NOUN
oven
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At a cavernous facility in Morbi, in India's western Gujarat state, a 200-metre-long propane-powered kiln that normally fires clay nonstop is silent.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

With funds from a wartime grant, a small room off the main space was outfitted with pottery wheels, work tables and a kiln, and stocked with blocks of clay, paint and other art supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

After this, the wood goes into a large kiln where it is dried in a process that can last anywhere from 10 days to six weeks.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

It was during that time that she invested in an electric kiln, built a slab where the kiln now sits and enclosed it in a shed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Then, dressed in a rubber apron and wooden clogs, she lit her kiln, prepared her worktables, and pounded the clay for her classes, her arms up to her elbows in the coarse, cold mud.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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