Associations to the word «Clinker»

CLINKER, noun. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.]

CLINKER, noun. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. [from 17th c.]

CLINKER, noun. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]

CLINKER, 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.

CLINKER, noun. Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.]

CLINKER, noun. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. [from 19th c.]

CLINKER, noun. Someone or something that clinks.

CLINKER, noun. (in the plural) Fetters.

CLINKER, noun. (nautical) (mostly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

CLINKER BLOCK, noun. A lightweight building block made from cinders and concrete.

CLINKER BLOCKS, noun. Plural of clinker block

CLINKER, noun. A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire.

CLINKER, noun. A hard brick used as a paving stone.

CLINKER, verb. Clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently".

CLINKER, verb. Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning.