clinker

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

klinker

Klinker

Backstein

escoria

Ziegelstein

cüruf

cendre

slak

🐌

ladrillo

mâchefer

mattone

cliquart

scorie

clinker

cagaferro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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