clinker

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
2. (countable, uncountable) A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
3. (countable, uncountable) Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) Hardened volcanic lava.
6. (countable, uncountable) A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.

Verb

To convert or be converted into clinker.

Concepts

cendre

mâchefer

brique

scorie

cliquart

Synonymes

cinder

dross

slag

scoria

brick

clinker brick

ember

error

first-class quality

mistake

clipper

scum

clincher

sullage

molten-slag

scoriae

first-rater

molten slag

fused slag

slag block

slag patch

slag lump

coal cinder

coal waste

coal slag

coal refuse

moltenslag

coal

Traductions

klinker

Klinker

escoria

Backstein

cüruf

ladrillo

Ziegelstein

slak

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maon

malon

Clínquer

ceniza

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”).