"clinker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: clinkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|klinkaerd}} Dutch klinkaerd, {{m|nl|klinker}} klinker, {{m|nl|klinken||to ring, resound}} klinken (“to ring, resound”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clinker (countable and uncountable, plural clinkers)
  1. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (brick): klinker Translations (very hard brick for paving): կլինկեր (klinker) (Armenian), klinker (Dutch), klinkkeri (Finnish), клинкер (klinker) (Kazakh), кли́нкер (klínker) [masculine] (Russian), голла́ндский кирпи́ч (gollándskij kirpíč) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-Nmh-JzwF Disambiguation of 'brick': 65 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'very hard brick for paving': 86 4 4 3 2 1
  2. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-0BR3q3Oy
  3. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (slag or ash): կլինկեր (klinker) (Armenian), сгурия (sgurija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), шлака (šlaka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cagaferro [masculine] (Catalan), 爐渣 (Chinese Mandarin), 炉渣 (lúzhā) (Chinese Mandarin), 煤渣 (méizhā) (Chinese Mandarin), klinker (Dutch), kuona (Finnish), Schlacke [feminine] (German), クリンカー (kurinkā) (Japanese), escòria [feminine] (Occitan), шлак (šlak) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-niITEe8v Disambiguation of 'slag or ash': 3 2 80 3 3 8
  4. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Building materials Translations (intermediate product): կլինկեր (klinker) (Armenian), klinkkeri (Finnish), clínquer [masculine] (Portuguese), clinker [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-1NOCEJnN Disambiguation of Building materials: 10 3 6 47 7 5 2 3 13 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 11 36 7 8 1 2 12 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 3 11 29 14 6 2 2 14 3 Disambiguation of 'intermediate product': 4 6 5 76 7 2
  5. Hardened volcanic lava. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hardened lava): kovettunut laava (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-BRi7uNW1 Disambiguation of 'hardened lava': 8 5 6 10 70 2
  6. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-U1AG5waZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clinker block, clinker-work, Dutch clinker Translations (scum of iron oxide): pajahilse (Finnish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'scum of iron oxide': 3 6 13 32 10 36

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: clinkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From clink + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clink|er|id2=agent noun}} clink + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} clinker (plural clinkers)
  1. Someone or something that clinks. Translations (sthg that clinks): 叮当响的东西 (Chinese Mandarin), kilkutin (Finnish), kalistin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-9ZALnyz0 Disambiguation of 'sthg that clinks': 88 12
  2. (in the plural) fetters. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-yb8NLMbp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From clincher. Etymology templates: {{m|en|clincher}} clincher Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} clinker (uncountable)
  1. (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks. Tags: attributive, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: lapstrake Derived forms: clinker-built, clinkerwise Translations (boatbuilding style): buc tinglat [masculine] (Catalan), limisauma (Finnish), trincado [masculine] (Galician), Klinkerbauweise [feminine] (German), tingladillo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-noun-v43NYuNS Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈklɪŋkɚ/ [General-American] Forms: clinkers [present, singular, third-person], clinkering [participle, present], clinkered [participle, past], clinkered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|klinkaerd}} Dutch klinkaerd, {{m|nl|klinker}} klinker, {{m|nl|klinken||to ring, resound}} klinken (“to ring, resound”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clinker (third-person singular simple present clinkers, present participle clinkering, simple past and past participle clinkered)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-clinker-en-verb--MJIoVjV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1942 July-August, Philip Spencer, “On the footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208",
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          "ref": "1944, Emily Carr, “Dew and Alarm Clocks”, in The House of All Sorts",
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          "ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XXXII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 581",
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      "word": "爐渣"
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}

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          "ref": "1923, United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 748, page 125",
          "text": "This burning has baked and clinkered the adjacent strata, producing a very resistant formation, which rises with conspicuous abruptness from the flat terrace underlain by the soft Lebo shale member.",
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          "ref": "1981, David W. Schultz, Municipal solid waste, resource recovery: Proceedings of the seventh annual research symposium at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 16-18",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sthg that clinks",
      "word": "kalistin"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clinker brick"
  ],
  "word": "clinker"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋkə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪŋkə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Building materials"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "clinker-built"
    },
    {
      "word": "clinkerwise"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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        "2": "clincher"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From clincher.",
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    {
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        "1": "-"
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      "expansion": "clinker (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "clink‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "clinker planking; a clinker dinghy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "boatbuilding",
          "boatbuilding"
        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɪŋkə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɪŋkɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋkə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lapstrake"
    },
    {
      "sense": "brick",
      "word": "klinker"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "boatbuilding style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buc tinglat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boatbuilding style",
      "word": "limisauma"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "boatbuilding style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trincado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boatbuilding style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Klinkerbauweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boatbuilding style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tingladillo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clinker brick"
  ],
  "word": "clinker"
}

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