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kuivuri — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Dryer noun A machine that removes moisture from clothes, hair, or other items by heat or airflow.
  • kiln noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.

Senses

kuivuri is used for these senses in English:

  • dryer (most often) Short for clothes dryer, tumble dryer
  • kiln 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.
  • oast (British) A kiln for drying tobacco, malt and especially hops.

kiln — full definition

  1. noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.
  2. verb To dry or harden something by baking it in a kiln.

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