clinker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clinker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for clinker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clinker n a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire Synonym(s): cinder, clinker a hard brick used as a paving stone Synonym(s): clinker, clinker brick v clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently" turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clinker \Clink"er\ (kl[icr][nsm]k"[etil]r), n. [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. {Clinkstone}.] 1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln. 2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag. 3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging. 4. A kind of brick. See {Dutch clinker}, under {Dutch}.