noun🔗ShareClinkerA very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands."The garden path, paved with reddish-brown clinkers, led to the front door of the Dutch farmhouse. "L'allée du jardin, pavée de clinkers brun rougeâtre, menait à la porte d'entrée de la ferme néerlandaise.materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâchefer, scoriesA mass of bricks fused together by intense heat."After the factory fire, all that remained of the brick oven were black clinkers. "Après l'incendie de l'usine, il ne restait du four à briques que des mâchefers noirs.materialarchitecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâchefer, scoriesSlag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling."After the coal fire burned all night, the bottom of the stove was full of hard, black clinkers that needed to be removed. "Après que le feu de charbon ait brûlé toute la nuit, le fond du poêle était plein de mâchefer noir et dur qu'il fallait enlever.materialsubstanceindustryChat 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."Workers unloaded the hot, gray clinkers from the cement kiln, ready to be ground into the fine powder that becomes Portland cement. "Les ouvriers ont déchargé les clinkers chauds et gris du four à ciment, prêts à être broyés en une fine poudre qui devient du ciment Portland.materialsubstanceindustrybuildingchemistrygeologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâcheferHardened volcanic lava."The rough, black clinkers covered the side of the volcano, making it difficult to climb. "Les mâchefers noirs et rugueux recouvraient le flanc du volcan, rendant l'ascension difficile.geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMâcheferA scum of oxide of iron formed in forging."After a long day of forging, the blacksmith had to remove the clinkers that had formed on the surface of the hot iron. "Après une longue journée de forgeage, le forgeron a dû enlever le mâchefer qui s'était formé à la surface du fer chaud.materialsubstanceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareClinkers, mâchefersSomeone or something that clinks."The wind chimes outside the window were constant clinkers, their glass pieces gently hitting each other. "Les carillons éoliens devant la fenêtre étaient des clinkers constants, leurs morceaux de verre se heurtant doucement.soundthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEntraves, fers(in the plural) Fetters."The prisoner rattled his clinkers, the heavy chains binding his wrists. "Le prisonnier fit tinter ses entraves, les lourdes chaînes qui liaient ses poignets.lawpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
