clinker
clinker
Definition
clinker (kliŋk′ər)
noun
- Archaic a very hard brick
- a hard mass of fused stony matter formed in a furnace, as from impurities in the coal
- Slang
- a mistake or error; often, specif., a misplayed musical note
- a total failure
Etymology: Du klinker, vitrified brick that clinks when struck < klinckaerd < klinken, to ring
intransitive verb
to form clinkers in burning
clinker
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- build: Sea - Mills beach where someone is lovingly restoring an old clinker built boat.
- form: The high temperatures generated fuse the ore particles and fluxes together to form a porous clinker called sinter.
- produce: Processes and fuels used to produce cement clinker are characterized prior to a summary of regional trends in cement production.
Modifies a noun
- planking: Iron nails held the clinker planking of the hull together.
- hull: Wooden clinker hull ( 12 planks a side ).
- steam: The black pipe at the top of the opening is perforated on the firebox side and supplies clinker control steam.
- boat: The bathroom features a novel bath unit set in a clinker rowing boat!
- construction: The single platform was of clinker constructions faced with old wooden sleepers along the edge face of the platform.
- control: The black pipe at the top of the opening is perforated on the firebox side and supplies clinker control steam.
Noun used with modifier
- cement: It was originally built for grinding cement clinker the cement made from the chalky mud dredged from the river bed.
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