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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

Conch and Huawei have developed AI tools for more precisely predicting clinker strength, as well as for controlling energy use at the kiln where it is made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The house is wrapped in clinker brick, a term for when clay bricks are set too close to the flames when being fired in a kiln, giving them distorted shapes and colors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 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

The creditors now hired an attorney named George B. Chamberlin, counsel for Chicago’s Lafayette Collection Agency, who had been pestering Holmes ever since he failed to pay the furnace company for improving his kiln.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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