Clinker
- Noun. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Noun. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Noun. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
- Noun. Hardened volcanic lava. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
- Noun. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. (defdate, from 19th c.) .
- Noun. Someone or something that clinks.
- Noun. (in plural) Fetters.
- Noun. Someone or something that clinches.
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