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clinker

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) clinker (noun)
  2. 2) clinker (noun)
  3. clinker beech (noun)
  4. clinker boat (noun)
  5. clinker-built (adjective)
  6. cement clinker (noun)
  7. Dutch clinker (noun)

1clin·ker

noun \ˈkliŋ-kər\

Definition of CLINKER

1
: a brick that has been burned too much in the kiln
2
: stony matter fused together : slag

Origin of CLINKER

alteration of earlier klincard a hard yellowish Dutch brick
First Known Use: 1641

Rhymes with CLINKER

blinker, drinker, linker, prinker, shrinker, sinker, skinker, stinker, thinker, tinker, winker

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