noun
clinker
Clinker (noun) means a very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
noun
1
A very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
"She left the road at the little shed where he whom she still regarded as her father used to keep his tricycle, and walked up the clinker path towards the house."
— Xavier Herbert (1938)
2
A lump formed when bricks melt together under great heat.
3
The hard ash left behind after a furnace, kiln or boiler has burned at very high heat.
"Cold and grim sat that malevolent brute the furnace, greedy, bottomless—its grate bars clenched over clinkers which no shaker could dislodge."
— Emily Carr, Dew and Alarm Clocks (1944)
"The coal was terrible stuff—Indian, Abdul told me. The "dart" was used often and I saw some monster clinkers."
— , On the footplate in Egypt (1942)
4
A lumpy material made by heating limestone and clay together in a kiln, used as a step in making cement.
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Etymology
Comes from Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken ("to ring, resound").
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What is the meaning of clinker?
"clinker" (noun) means a very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
What is another word for clinker?
Other words for "clinker" include cinder.
What are the different meanings of clinker?
"clinker" has 3 main meanings: 1. A very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving; 2. A lump formed when bricks melt together under great heat; 3. The hard ash left behind after a furnace, kiln or boiler has burned at very high heat.
