kalistin — meaning in English

English meaning

• clinker noun A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
• rattle verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.

Senses

kalistin is used for these senses in English:

• clinker Someone or something that clinks.
• rattle A device which produces a loud rattling sound, especially one having a ratchet mechanism and spun round on a handle.

clinker — full definition

1. noun A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
2. noun A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.
3. noun Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
4. noun 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.

rattle — full definition

1. verb To make a rapid series of short, sharp knocking sounds by shaking or being shaken.
2. verb To unsettle or unnerve someone, making them lose composure.
3. noun A baby's toy that makes a shaking noise, or any object that produces that kind of noise.
4. noun A rapid series of short, sharp sounds.

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