"limekiln" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: limekilns [plural]
Etymology: From lime + kiln. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lime|kiln}} lime + kiln Head templates: {{en-noun}} limekiln (plural limekilns)
  1. A furnace used to produce lime from limestone. Translations (a furnace used to produce lime from limestone): варница (varnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vápenka [feminine] (Czech), kalkkiuuni (Finnish), chaufour [masculine] (French), four à chaux [masculine] (French), ασβεστοκάμινος (asvestokáminos) [feminine] (Greek), furno de calce (Interlingua), áith aoil [feminine] (Irish), tiníl [feminine] (Irish), calcara [feminine] (Italian), forno da calce [masculine] (Italian), calcāria [feminine] (Latin), wapiennik [masculine] (Polish), caieira [feminine] (Portuguese), forno de cal [masculine] (Portuguese), cuptor de var [neuter] (Romanian), varniță [feminine] (Romanian), horno de cal [masculine] (Spanish), calera [feminine] (Spanish), calero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-limekiln-en-noun-6ZIh8HGJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'a furnace used to produce lime from limestone': 98 2
  2. (obsolete, figurative) A burning sensation. Tags: figuratively, obsolete
    Sense id: en-limekiln-en-noun-4IiqR7yj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lime-kiln, lime kiln

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