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kuona — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
  • clinker noun A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
  • scum noun A thin layer of dirt, foam, or other impurities that gathers on the surface of a liquid.
  • slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.
  • slam verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.

Senses

kuona is used for these senses in English:

  • cinder Slag from a metal furnace.
  • clinker Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]
  • scum (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
  • slag Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

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.

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