meaning of kiln
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.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
3. a large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks