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1 clay
[klei](a soft, sticky type of earth which is often baked into pottery, china, bricks etc.) glina* * *I [klei]nounglina, ilovica; figuratively človeško telo; prah in pepel; glinasta pipaII [klei]transitive verbz glino zamazati -
2 potter
I ['potə] noun(a person who makes plates, cups, vases etc out of clay and fires them in an oven (called a kiln).) lončar- potteryII [potə] verb(to wander about doing small jobs or doing nothing important: I spent the afternoon pottering (about).) postopati* * *I [pɔtə]nounlončar; British English postopanje, zapravljanje časaII [pɔtə]1.intransitive verbpostopati ( about); motoviliti, mečkati, šušmariti (at pri delu; in v poklicu); okoli stikati (pes);2.transitive verbzapravljati čas ( away)
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kiln — [kıln] n [Date: 700 800; : Latin; Origin: culina kitchen , from coquere to cook ] a special ↑oven for baking clay pots, bricks etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
kiln — [ kıln ] noun count a type of oven used for baking clay, bricks, etc. to make them hard … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clay — [ kleı ] noun uncount ** 1. ) a type of heavy wet dirt that becomes hard when it is baked in a kiln (=oven), used for making cups, plates, and other objects: clay pots 2. ) AMERICAN a soft, usually colored substance that can be pressed or rolled… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Kiln — Kilns are thermally insulated chambers, or ovens, in which controlled temperature regimes are produced. They are used to harden, burn or dry materials. Specific uses include: *To dry green lumber so that the lumber can be used immediately *Drying … Wikipedia
Kiln People — infobox Book | name = Kiln People title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = David Brin illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel… … Wikipedia
kiln — /kil, kiln/, n. 1. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, esp. one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks. v.t. 2. to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln. [bef. 900; ME kiln(e), OE cylen < L culina kitchen] * *… … Universalium
Clay — For other uses, see Clay (disambiguation). The Gay Head cliffs in Martha s Vineyard consist almost entirely of clay. Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic… … Wikipedia
Kiln — Recorded as Kiln, Kilne, and Kilner, this is usually an English surname. It is also usually occupational but may be residential and therefore either described a potter, or somebody who lived by a kiln or at a place called Kiln. The derivation is… … Surnames reference
clay — Mud; moist, sticky dirt. In ceramics, clay is the basic material, usually referring to any of a certain variety of mixtures of such ingredients fine grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet, brittle when dry, and very hard when… … Glossary of Art Terms
kiln — UK [kɪln] / US noun [countable] Word forms kiln : singular kiln plural kilns a type of oven used for baking clay, bricks etc to make them hard … English dictionary
Clay pot filter — The clay pot filter purifies water by passing it through the pores of a ceramic which has been fired in an open dung fire. These filters, intended to be affordable for developing countries, were developed by an Australian materials scientist and… … Wikipedia