Kiln n. : A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.

Kiln n. : A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.

Example:
What Kiln would be best for working with hard and soft glass?

Taxonomy
kiln, firing, heat, wood, high temperature, lumber, ware, clay, Dry Kiln, pottery, firing chamber, conventional kilns, atmosphere, firebox, cycle, vacuum, Anagama kiln, electric kiln.

Defination from the web:
kiln. ... The use of a chimney stack improves the air flow or draw of the kiln, thus burning the fuel more completely. ...