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LIMEKILN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limekiln mean? 

LIMEKILN (noun)
  The noun LIMEKILN has 1 sense:

1. a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to limeplay

  Familiarity information: LIMEKILN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LIMEKILN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("limekiln" is a kind of...):

kiln (a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks)


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