Top-hat kiln: an intermittent kiln of a type sometimes used to fire pottery. The ware is set on a refractory hearth, or plinth, over which a box-shaped cover is lowered.

: an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying. Did you know? The word kiln was kindled in Old English as a bundle of c-y-l-n.

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Kilns have been around for thousands of years and have taken many different forms. Ancient civilizations used them to create ceramic and glass vessels to store food and water. Later they were …

kiln, oven for firing, drying, baking, hardening, or burning a substance, particularly clay products but originally also grain and meal. The brick kiln was a major advance in ancient technology because it …

Nov 28, 2025 · Before getting into the distinctions between the different types of kilns, let’s reach a broad definition for what a kiln is: A kiln is an insulated chamber that can be heated to very high …

/ kɪln, kɪl / Add to word list a type of large oven (= box in which things are cooked or heated) used for making bricks and clay objects hard after they have been shaped (Definition of kiln from the …