noun🔗ShareClinkerA 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. "L'allée était pavée de briques de clinker durables, brun rougeâtre, importées des Pays-Bas.materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâcheferA 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. "L'ancienne briqueterie produisait parfois un grand mâchefer, une masse fusionnée de briques inutilisables collées ensemble.materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâchefer, scorieSlag 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. "Après que le feu de charbon s'est éteint, il ne restait que du mâchefer gris dans la cheminée.materialsubstanceindustrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareClinkerAn 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. "Les ouvriers de l'usine ont chargé le clinker chaud du four sur le convoyeur, prêt à être broyé en poudre de ciment.materialsubstancegeologyarchitecturebuildingindustrychemistrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâcheferHardened volcanic lava."The black, jagged clinker crunched under my hiking boots as I walked across the old lava field. "Le mâchefer noir et déchiqueté craquait sous mes chaussures de randonnée alors que je traversais l'ancien champ de lave.geologymaterialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâcheferA scum of oxide of iron formed in forging."The blacksmith carefully knocked off the clinker clinging to the hot iron as he shaped it. "Le forgeron a soigneusement enlevé le mâchefer collé au fer chaud pendant qu'il le façonnait.materialsubstancechemistryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe transformer en mâcheferTo convert or be converted into clinker."The high heat in the kiln caused the clay mixture to clinker, forming hard, stony lumps. "La forte chaleur du four a transformé le mélange d'argile en mâchefer, formant des grumeaux durs et pierreux.materialprocesschemistrybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareClingueurSomeone or something that clinks."The dog's collar was a noisy clinker, jingling with every step he took. "Le collier du chien était un clingueur bruyant, qui tintentait à chaque pas qu'il faisait.soundthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEntraves(in the plural) Fetters."The escaped prisoner still wore his clinkers, making his escape slow and difficult. "Le prisonnier évadé portait encore ses entraves, ce qui rendait son évasion lente et difficile.lawpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareConstruction à clinA style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks."clinker planking; a clinker dinghy"Construction à clin ; un dériveur à clinnauticalsailingvehicletechnicalstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
