Clinker

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /klɪŋkÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• klinker

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

Full definition of clinker

Noun

1. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. from 17th c.
2. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. from 17th c.
3. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. from 18th c.
4. Hardened volcanic lava. from 19th c.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:Nobody could pretend that a huge slope of clinker is aesthetically pleasing.
5. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. from 19th c.

Derived terms

• clinker block

From clink + -er.

Noun

1. Someone or something that clinks.
2. (in the plural) Fetters.

Derived terms

• clinkerwise

From clincher

Noun

Synonyms

• lapstrake

Derived terms

• clinker-built

Anagrams

• crinkle