kiln
Example Sentences
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Blazing-hot kilns in India's $6.5 billion ceramics manufacturing hub employing hundreds of thousands of people have gone cold, shut down in an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war.
From Barron's
She dubs the all-women’s institution a “kiln of respectability” and doesn’t mind the strict curfews and dress code because she revels in being part of the powerful “Spelman sisterhood.”
Officials have overhauled the management of brick kilns, a major source of black carbon emissions, and taken other measures such as fining drivers of high-emission vehicles and incentivising farmers to stop agricultural burning.
From Barron's
With funds from a wartime grant, a small room off the main space was outfitted with pottery wheels, work tables and a kiln, and stocked with blocks of clay, paint and other art supplies.
Its lab, with a row of bikes parked inside the front door, hums quietly with workers in protective gear moving between beakers, kilns and mineral samples being tested for durability and composition.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
