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Definitions for clinker
ˈklɪŋ kərclink·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cinder, clinkernoun

    a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

  2. clinker, clinker brickverb

    a hard brick used as a paving stone

  3. clinkerverb

    clear out the cinders and clinker from

    "we clinkered the fire frequently"

  4. clinkerverb

    turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

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  1. clinker

    Clinker is a stony residue or byproduct produced from various industrial processes, particularly in the manufacturing of cement. In the case of cement, it is usually a hard, dark grey nodular material made by heating ground limestone and clay at high temperatures. The cooling clinker is then ground into fine powder, which is used in construction. The term can also refer to slag in metalworking, or waste from coal-fired power plants.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clinkernoun

    a mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln

  2. Clinkernoun

    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. Clinkernoun

    a scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging

  4. Clinkernoun

    a kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch

  5. Etymology: [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]

Wikidata

  1. Clinker

    Clinker built is a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap, called a land. In craft of any size planks are also joined end to end into a strake. The technique developed in northern Europe and was successfully used by the Vikings and typical for the Hanseatic cog. A contrasting method, where plank edges are butted smoothly seam to seam, is known as carvel construction. Examples of clinker-built boats directly descended from those of Viking shipbuilders are the traditional round-bottomed Thames skiffs of the River Thames, and the larger, cargo-carrying Norfolk wherries of England.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clinker in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clinker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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  • pajahilse, kuona, kalistin, klinkkeri, kilkutinFinnish

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