uuni — meaning in English
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English meaning
- furnace noun A heating device used to melt metal, fire ceramics, or heat a building.
- 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.
- oven noun An enclosed chamber used for baking, roasting, or heating food.
- stove noun An appliance used for cooking food, usually with hotplates or burners.
Senses
uuni is used for these senses in English:
- Russian oven A kind of oven/furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.
- furnace (US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.
- 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.
- oven A chamber used for baking or heating.
- stove (dated) A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
furnace — full definition
- noun A heating device used to melt metal, fire ceramics, or heat a building.
- noun Any place or situation that is extremely hot.
kiln — full definition
- noun A heated chamber or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials — used for firing pottery, drying grain or timber, or curing tobacco.
- verb To dry or harden something by baking it in a kiln.