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Clinker Very Common

Clinker has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

2

a hard brick used as a paving stone

3

A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.

4

Someone or something that clinks.

5

A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

Verb
1

clear out the cinders and clinker from

"we clinkered the fire frequently"

2

turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

3

To convert or be converted into clinker.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

See Also
portland cement furnace forging intermediate sinter clinkers rocking grate paving
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fragment brick clean out change
Rhyming Words
ker aker pker oker riker faker puker nuker paker laker koker raker hoker asker siker taker joker inker waker acker
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