'Kiln' definitions:
Definition of 'kiln'
(from WordNet)
noun
A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
Definition of 'Kiln'
From: GCIDE
- Kiln \Kiln\ (k[i^]ln or k[i^]l), n. [OE. kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]
- 1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kiln'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid kiln,
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- bake,
- blot,
- brickkiln,
- brush,
- burn,
- cement kiln,
- cure,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- drain,
- dry,
- enamel kiln,
- evaporate,
- exsiccate,
- fire,
- furnace,
- insolate,
- limekiln,
- muffle kiln,
- mummify,
- oven,
- parch,
- pyrometer,
- pyrometric cone,
- reverberatory,
- reverberatory kiln,
- rub,
- scorch,
- sear,
- Seger cone,
- shrivel,
- smoke,
- soak up,
- sponge,
- stove,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- torrefy,
- towel,
- weazen,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wizen
Kiln, MS -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Mississippi
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Kiln, MS -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
2040
Housing Units (2000) :
987
Land area (2000) :
13.320736 sq. miles (34.500547 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.134640 sq. miles (0.348717 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
13.455376 sq. miles (34.849264 sq. km)
FIPS code :
37600
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
30.412874 N, 89.435417 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.