brickkiln

9.8

A large oven used to heat bricks so they become hard

noun
/ˈbrɪkˌkɪln/

Specialized

: horno de ladrillos

Smoke rose steadily from the brickkiln as the bricks were baked at a high temperature.

Examples

The old factory still had a brickkiln in the back, used for making handmade bricks.
The brickkiln was built last year.
After collecting the clay, workers stacked it near the brickkiln to dry.
Many brickkilns are located near the river.
Smoke rose steadily from the brickkiln as the bricks were baked at a high temperature.
After collecting the clay, workers stacked it near the brickkiln to dry.
The old factory still had a brickkiln in the back, used for making handmade bricks.

How Large

brickkiln

Specialized

9.8

kiln

Specialized

16 6.3

Surface Forms

brickkiln singular

brickkilns plural

Morphology

brickkiln = brick + kiln (transparent) = brick + kiln

Direct compound of 'brick' + 'kiln'; the meaning is exactly a kiln for firing bricks and is immediately inferable.

Etymology

The word brickkiln is a simple combination of brick and kiln. A kiln is like an 'oven' for clay that 'hardens' it, so a brickkiln is the oven used to bake and make bricks.