Definitions of clinker [ˈklɪŋ kər]

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Definition of 'clinker'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) clinker
a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.

2.  clinker
a hard Dutch brick, used esp. for paving.

3. (n.) clinker
a person or thing that clinks.

4. (Slang.) clinker
a wrong note in a musical performance.

5.  clinker
any mistake or error.

6.  clinker
something that is a failure; a product of inferior quality.

Etymology: (1830–40; perh. clinker²)

Definition of 'clinker'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cinder, clinker
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

2. (verb) clinker, clinker brick
a hard brick used as a paving stone

3. (verb) clinker
clear out the cinders and clinker from
"we clinkered the fire frequently"

4. (verb) clinker
turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

Definition of 'clinker'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) clinker
a mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln

2. (noun) clinker
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. (noun) clinker
a scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging

4. (noun) clinker
a kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch

'clinker' - Nearby Entries
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