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limekiln

limekiln

1 9.9
A large oven used to heat limestone to make lime for building and farming
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪmˌkɪln/
  • Specialized
: calera

Examples

  • The shadow leaps at the limekiln.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Only Gerry and Matt, whose own places came in a close second and third anyway, ever went inside the Arthurs' until we all rushed in from the limekiln the next summer.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The workers heated limestone in the limekiln to produce quicklime for construction.

  • In the old quarry, we discovered a disused limekiln that dated back to the 1800s.

  • A limekiln was built at the site to enable the production of lime for the nearby town.

Synonyms

kiln
vslimekiln
  • Specialized
16 6.3

A hot oven for drying and making things like pottery or bricks hard

is specialized for heating limestone to produce materials used in construction

Surface Forms

limekiln singular
limekilns plural

Morphology

limekiln = lime + kiln (transparent) = lime + kiln

The compound literally denotes a kiln for producing lime, so the components directly specify the function.

Etymology

Limekiln is a simple compound: lime is the white material used in building and farming, and kiln means an 'oven' for heating things. So a limekiln is an 'oven' where people heat limestone to make lime for mortar and whitewash.