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Meaning of 'clinker' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clinker [ n.]
- A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
- 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.
- A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
- A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.

Meaning of 'clinker' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clinker [ v]
Meaning (1):
- clear out the cinders and clinker from
Example in sentence:
  • we clinkered the fire frequently

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