clinker.
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
Meaning & usage
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
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.
A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”).
To convert or be converted into clinker.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”).
Someone or something that clinks.
Fetters.
A mistake or blunder.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English clink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English clinker From clink + -er.
A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
Where this word comes from
From clincher.
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