clinker

== English == === Alternative forms === klinker (dated) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Hyphenation: clink‧er === Etymology 1 === From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”). ==== Noun ==== clinker (countable and uncountable, plural clinkers) A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.] Synonym: Dutch clinker A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. [from 17th c.] Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.] An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln. Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.] A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. [from 19th c.] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== clinker (third-person singular simple present clinkers, present participle clinkering, simple past and past participle clinkered) (ambitransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker. === Etymology 2 === From clink + -er. ==== Noun ==== clinker (plural clinkers) Someone or something that clinks. (in the plural) Fetters. (slang) A mistake or blunder. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From clincher. ==== Noun ==== clinker (uncountable) (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks. clinker planking; a clinker dinghy ===== Synonyms ===== lapstrake ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === crinkle == French == === Noun === clinker m (plural clinkers) clinker