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kiln

/ˈkɪln/KILN
/ˈkɪln/KILN

Meaninga kitchen (oven)

Common meaning: an oven for firing pottery or bricks

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KAR‘bum’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 57, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latinculīna, -ae‘a kitchen’
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa kitchen → an oven for firing pottery or brickskiln‘an oven for firing pottery or bricks’ · today

kiln also in: culinary

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin culīna ‘a kitchen’.

Roots

Related words

culinary

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