kiln

/kɪln/ (bre, ipa) · /kɪln/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkiln ˈkil/ (ame, mw)

kiln — noun

  • kilnsingular
  • kilnsplural

1. a specially built heated chamber used to harden or dry materials such as clay, b

1.名詞C1
釋義

a specially built heated chamber used to harden or dry materials such as clay, bricks, or wood.

例句

After shaping the bowls, Kenji loaded them carefully into the kiln.

pattern: load something into the kiln

Smoke rose behind the workshop while Iker fired tiles in the kiln.

collocation: fire tiles in the kiln

同義詞
  • oven

    usually used for cooking food, so it is broader and more domestic than 'kiln'

  • furnace

    a broader industrial heating word that often suggests stronger heat or metalwork rather than pottery or bricks

  • dryer

    focuses on removing moisture and does not usually suggest firing clay or brick

文法句型

in the kiln

load something into the kiln

fire something in the kiln

用法筆記

Usually countable. Common with verbs such as 'load', 'fire', 'dry', and 'cool', and with materials being processed rather than food. Distinguish it from 'oven', which is mainly for cooking, and from 'furnace', which is a broader industrial heating word.

常見錯誤

❌We baked the clay bowls in the oven at school.
✅We fired the clay bowls in the kiln at school.
💡pottery is usually hardened in a kiln, not a kitchen oven.
❌The wet wood stayed in the furnace for two days.
✅The wet wood stayed in the kiln for two days.
💡for controlled drying of timber, 'kiln' is the usual word.