Definition of clinker Clinker
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We found 17 definitions of clinker from 4 different sources.
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What does clinker mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: clinkers |
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| clinker - a hard brick used as a paving stone | ||
| clinker brick | ||
| clinker - a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | ||
| cinder | ||
| fragment an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" | ||
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| clinker - turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| clinker - clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently" | ||
| clean out, clear out empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- clinker (Noun)
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. - clinker (Noun)
A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. - clinker (Noun)
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. - clinker (Noun)
Hardened volcanic lava. - clinker (Noun)
A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. - clinker (Noun)
Someone or something that clinks. - clinker (Noun)
Fetters. - clinker (Noun)
Someone or something that clinches.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- clinker (n.)
A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln. - clinker (n.)
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. - clinker (n.)
A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging. - clinker (n.)
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
