nounπShareA very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands."The driveway was paved with durable, reddish-brown clinker bricks, imported from the Netherlands. "materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA mass of bricks fused together by intense heat."The old brick factory sometimes produced a large clinker, a fused mass of unusable bricks stuck together. "materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSlag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling."After the coal fire died down, only gray clinker remained in the fireplace. "materialsubstanceindustrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn 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."The factory workers loaded the hot clinker from the kiln onto the conveyor belt, ready for grinding into cement powder. "materialsubstancegeologyarchitecturebuildingindustrychemistrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareHardened volcanic lava."The black, jagged clinker crunched under my hiking boots as I walked across the old lava field. "geologymaterialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA scum of oxide of iron formed in forging."The blacksmith carefully knocked off the clinker clinging to the hot iron as he shaped it. "materialsubstancechemistryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo convert or be converted into clinker."The high heat in the kiln caused the clay mixture to clinker, forming hard, stony lumps. "materialprocesschemistrybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSomeone or something that clinks."The dog's collar was a noisy clinker, jingling with every step he took. "soundthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(in the plural) Fetters."The escaped prisoner still wore his clinkers, making his escape slow and difficult. "lawpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks."clinker planking; a clinker dinghy"nauticalsailingvehicletechnicalstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
