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clinker

noun

ˈkliŋ-kər

as in mistake

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy a documentary that had such clinkers as a reference to Iran as an Arab nation

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as in disaster

something that has failed all of the toy company's new offerings for the Christmas season proved to be clinkers

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Recent Examples on the Web Hot clinker is run across grates where air blowers cool it to about 100 degrees C. —

Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023 Roller mills or ball mills grind the clinker and gypsum into a fine gray powder known as Portland cement. —

Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023 That process creates something called clinker, a binding agent, by stripping carbon dioxide from the limestone. —

David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023 White elm is scarce now and red elm leaves behind clinkers. —

Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for clinker

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