Plural of kiln
regular plural
The plural of kiln is kilns.
Forms of kiln
| Singular | kiln /kɪln/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | kilns |
| Countable | countable |
Kilns in a sentence
- Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
- The train crawled through an unlovely smokescape of towering chimneys and squatting kilns.2017, Jonathan Tulloch, Larkinland. From the entry smokescape
- More unusually, in Cyprus, Colombia and the Canaries individual potters have their own kilns.2000, Moira Vincentelli, “Gender, Technology and Technique”, in Women and Ceramics: Gendered Vessels, Manchester; New York, N.Y.…. From the entry bonfiring
- The Arran coal was used for heating saltpans to produce salt from sea water, and also to fire limestone kilns.2013, Con Gillen, Geology and landscapes of Scotland, →ISBN. From the entry panhouse
- Several kilns set up in competition to manufacture Lung-chhüan-style wares.[2004, Rose Kerr, Nigel Wood, edited by Rose Kerr, Science and Civilization in China, volume 5, number 12, Cambridge University Press…. From the entry Liangzihu
Meaning of kiln
- noun An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
- verb To bake in a kiln; to fire.
Questions about the plural of kiln
- What is the plural of kiln?
- The plural of kiln is kilns.
- Is kiln countable?
- Kiln is a countable noun.
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