clinker

Definition of Clinker in English :

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Noun

1. cinder, clinker

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

cinder

2. clinker, clinker brick

a hard brick used as a paving stone

clinker brick

Verb

3. clinker

clear out the cinders and clinker from

Example Sentences:
'we clinkered the fire frequently'

4. clinker

turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Clinker

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noun

1.

the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire

2. Also called: clinker brick

a hard brick used as a paving stone

3.

a partially vitrified brick or mass of brick

4. slang, mainly US

something of poor quality, such as a film

5. US and Canadian slang

a mistake or fault, esp a wrong note in music

verb

6. (intransitive)

to form clinker during burning

Clinker

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noun

1. Archaic

a very hard brick

2.

a hard mass of fused stony matter formed in a furnace, as from impurities in the coal

3. Slang

a.

a mistake or error; often, specif., a misplayed musical note

b.

a total failure

verb intransitive

4.

to form clinkers in burning

Clinker

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n.

1. The incombustible residue, fused into an irregular lump, that remains after the combustion of coal.

2. A partially vitrified brick or a mass of bricks fused together.

3. An extremely hard burned brick.

4. Vitrified matter expelled by a volcano.

5. Slang

a. A sour note in a musical performance: hit a clinker.

b. A mistake; a blunder.

c. Something of inferior quality; a conspicuous failure: a clinker of a show.

6. Chiefly British Something admirable or first-rate.

intr.v. clink·ered, clink·er·ing, clink·ers

To form clinkers in burning.

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