Here is the requested information on "kilns":
1. Parts of Speech: Noun (plural)
2. Definitions:
- A furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for calcining lime or firing pottery.
- An oven used to dry or bake objects, such as grain or tobacco, at low heat.
3. Pronunciations:
- US: /kɪlnz/
- UK: /kɪlnz/
4. Origin and Usage:
- The word "kiln" comes from the Old English "cyln" meaning "oven" or "furnace". Kilns have been used for thousands of years to fire pottery, bricks, and other ceramics. They are also used in industries such as cement production, lime burning, and metallurgy.
5. Synonyms:
- Furnace, oven, dryer, heater, incinerator
6. Related Words:
- Forge, smelt, roast, toast, burn
7. Example Sentences:
- The pottery was fired in a kiln at a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius.
- The tobacco leaves were dried in a kiln before being rolled into cigars.
- The lime kiln produced quicklime for use in construction.