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clinker

/klɪŋkə/

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noun

Klinker

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

Examples :

"The driveway was paved with durable, reddish-brown clinker bricks, imported from the Netherlands. "

Die Einfahrt war mit haltbaren, rotbraunen Klinkerziegeln gepflastert, die aus den Niederlanden importiert wurden.

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noun

Schlacke

A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.

Examples :

"The old brick factory sometimes produced a large clinker, a fused mass of unusable bricks stuck together. "

Die alte Ziegelfabrik produzierte manchmal eine große Schlacke, eine verschmolzene Masse unbrauchbarer, zusammengeklebter Ziegel.

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noun

Schlacke, Klinker

Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.

Examples :

"After the coal fire died down, only gray clinker remained in the fireplace. "

Nachdem das Kohlefeuer erloschen war, blieb nur noch graue Schlacke im Kamin zurück.

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noun

Zementklinker

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.

Examples :

"The factory workers loaded the hot clinker from the kiln onto the conveyor belt, ready for grinding into cement powder. "

Die Fabrikarbeiter luden den heißen Zementklinker aus dem Ofen auf das Förderband, bereit zum Mahlen zu Zementpulver.

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noun

Schlacke

Hardened volcanic lava.

Examples :

"The black, jagged clinker crunched under my hiking boots as I walked across the old lava field. "

Die schwarze, zerklüftete Schlacke knirschte unter meinen Wanderschuhen, als ich über das alte Lavafeld ging.

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noun

Schlacke

A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.

Examples :

"The blacksmith carefully knocked off the clinker clinging to the hot iron as he shaped it. "

Der Schmied klopfte die an dem heißen Eisen haftende Schlacke vorsichtig ab, als er es formte.

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verb

Zu Klinker verwandeln, versintern

To convert or be converted into clinker.

Examples :

"The high heat in the kiln caused the clay mixture to clinker, forming hard, stony lumps. "

Die hohe Hitze im Ofen führte dazu, dass sich die Tonmischung zu Klinker verwandelte und harte, steinige Klumpen bildete.

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noun

Klinker

Someone or something that clinks.

Examples :

"The dog's collar was a noisy clinker, jingling with every step he took. "

Das Halsband des Hundes war ein lauter Klinker, der bei jedem Schritt klingelte.

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noun

Fesseln

(in the plural) Fetters.

Examples :

"The escaped prisoner still wore his clinkers, making his escape slow and difficult. "

Der entflohene Gefangene trug immer noch seine Fesseln, was seine Flucht langsam und schwierig machte.

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noun

Klinkerbauweise

A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.

Examples :

"clinker planking; a clinker dinghy"

Klinkerbauweise; eine Klinker-Jolle

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