nounUpper-intermediate

kiln

US

/kɪln/

UK

/kɪln/

Meaning

An enclosed high-temperature oven used to fire pottery, harden bricks, or dry materials such as wood.

मिट्टी के बर्तनों या ईंटों को तेज़ गर्मी में पकाने और लकड़ी जैसी चीज़ें सुखाने वाली बंद भट्ठी।

Examples

“The potter carefully placed the clay bowls inside the kiln.”

place something in a kilnpottery

“The factory uses a large kiln to fire thousands of bricks.”

fire bricksmanufacturing

“The gallery displayed kiln-fired tiles in bright colors.”

kiln-fired + nounart and design

Useful patterns

fire pottery or bricks in a kilnload or unload a kilna pottery, brick, or industrial kilnkiln-fired pottery; kiln-dried wood

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Word family

kiln-fired(adjective)
kiln-dried(adjective)

Common collocations

pottery kilnbrick kilnfire a kilnload a kilnkiln temperaturekiln-fired tileskiln-dried wood

Common mistakes

Not natural: The potter put the vase on the kiln.

Better: The potter put the vase in the kiln.

A kiln is an enclosed chamber, so objects are placed inside it, not on it.

Kiln एक बंद भट्ठी होती है, इसलिए चीज़ें उसके अंदर रखी जाती हैं, ऊपर नहीं।

Not natural: The factory cooked the bricks in a kiln.

Better: The factory fired the bricks in a kiln.

Use “fire” for heating clay or bricks in a kiln; “cook” usually refers to food.

Kiln में ईंटों को तेज़ गर्मी से पकाने के लिए “fire” कहते हैं; “cook” आमतौर पर खाने के लिए है।

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firing ovenpottery ovenindustrial ovenfurnace

Learner tip

A kiln is a specialized high-heat chamber, not usually a household oven; use “fire” for pottery and bricks.

Kiln आम घरेलू ओवन नहीं, बल्कि तेज़ गर्मी वाली खास भट्ठी है; मिट्टी के बर्तनों और ईंटों के लिए “fire” कहें।

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What is a kiln mainly used for?

Kiln का मुख्य उपयोग किस लिए होता है?