Meaning of CLINKER
| Pronunciation: | | 'klingkur
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- [n] a hard brick used as a paving stone
- [n] a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
- [v] turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
- [v] clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"
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| | Synonyms: | | cinder, clinker brick |
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| | See Also: | | brick, change, clean out, clear out, fragment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Clink"er\ (kl[i^][ng]k"[~e]r), n. [From clink; cf. D.
clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous
sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. {Clinkstone}.]
1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the
action of the fire in the kiln.
2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a
grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified
or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
4. A kind of brick. See {Dutch clinker}, under {Dutch}.
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