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Alternative spellings
klinker
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�k�(r)|-ɪ�k�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- slag|Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
- Hardened volcanic lava.
- A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
- A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
- One who clinks or an item that clinks, hence fetters are also called clinkers.
- Clink, derived from clinch, hence one who clinches or that clinches.
Derived terms
clinker block
clinker-built|Clinker-built, especially boats. Built by overlapping timber boards that are fixed by clinched nails.
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