Furnace vs. Kiln
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Difference Between Furnace and Kiln
Furnacenoun
(UK) An industrial heating device, e.g. for smelting metal or baking ceramics.
Kilnnoun
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.
Furnacenoun
A device that provides heat for a building; a space heater.
Kilnverb
To bake in a kiln.
When making pottery we need to allow the bisque to dry before we kiln it.Furnacenoun
(colloquial) Any area that is excessively hot.
Kilnnoun
a large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
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Furnacenoun
(figurative) A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
Furnaceverb
To heat in a furnace.
Furnaceverb
To exhale like a furnace.
Furnacenoun
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
