hardening kiln
31Cocoa — /koh koh/, n. a city in E central Florida. 16,096. * * * ▪ food Introduction highly concentrated powder made from chocolate liquor a paste prepared from cocoa beans, the fruit of the cacao and used in beverages and as a flavouring… …
32Portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln. Also, portland cement. [1815 25; named after the Isle of Portland, Dorsetshire, England] * * * Binding agent of present day concrete. It is a finely… …
33clay — 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… …
34dry — adj 1 Dry, arid mean devoid of moisture. Dry may suggest freedom from noticeable moisture either as a characteristic or as a desirable state {a dry climate} {1dry clothing} {dry land} {dry provisions} …
35hydraulic cement — noun a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result • Syn: ↑Portland cement • Hypernyms: ↑cement * * * noun : a cement that is capable of hardening under water see portland cement,… …
36pot arch — noun : a kiln used in preheating clay pots before they are placed in the furnace for hardening * * * Ceram. an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated. [1830 40] …
