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 lime

  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)