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/ˈkliNGkər/,
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clinkers, plural;
  1. Something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure
    • - marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these films
  2. A wrong musical note


  1. (clinker) cinder: a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
  2. (clinker) clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"
  3. (clinker) a hard brick used as a paving stone
  4. turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
  5. (Clinker (boat building)) Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and, in the early nineteenth century, iron plates to each other so that the planks overlap along their edges. The overlapping joint is called a land. ...
  6. (Clinker (cement)) In the manufacture of Portland cement, clinker is the solid material produced by the cement kiln stage that has sintered into lumps or nodules, typically of diameter 3-25 mm.
  7. (Clinker (sound artist)) Clinker (Gary James Joynes) is a sound artist, composer, and visual artist from Edmonton, Canada. Recent work includes the live cinema piece On the Other Side... (for L. ...
  8. (Clinker (waste)) Clinker is a general name given to waste from industrial processes — particularly those that involve smelting metals, burning fossil fuels and using a blacksmith's forge which will usually result in a large buildup of clinker around the tuyère. ...
  9. (clinker) Hardened volcanic lava; A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging; A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands; One who clinks or an item that clinks, hence fetters are also called clinkers; Clink, derived from clinch, hence one who clinches or that clinches
  10. (Clinker) An intermediate substance in the production of portland cement.  Made of heated calcium silicate, clinker is usually in the form of small gray-black pellets.  Clinker is subsequently cooled and pulverized into a fine powder that almost completely passes through a 0.075 mm (No. ...
  11. (clinker) bad note, or one that is fluffed.
  12. (CLINKER) The edges of the planks are overlapped to form an irregular exterior, much like siding on a house. Also called lapstrake.
  13. (CLINKER) Solid matter produced by a coal burning fire, especially under poor combustion conditions or with poor quality fuel. ...
  14. (Clinker) (Also Clencher or Clincher) A method of construction usually on small boats - built with overlapping planks and secured to ribs or frames, originally with the nails just turned over but later using roves (washers).
  15. (Clinker) A Viking-style ship with hulls made of overlapping planks secured by iron nails, with tarred waterproofing wedged between the planks.
  16. (Clinker) An extremely dense brick made by exposing the clay to extremely high temperatures in the kiln. Usually used for paving.
  17. (Clinker) Compound produced after cooling raw meal previously burnt to partial melting point at 14500C
  18. (Clinker) I The fused product from a cement-making kiln which is subsequently ground into powder. 2 Sintered or fused furnace ash which may be used for hard core or aggregate for concrete blocks.
  19. (Clinker) Powdered cement, produced by heating a properly proportioned mixture of finely ground raw materials (calcium carbonate, silica, alumina, and iron oxide) in a kiln to a temperature of about 1480°C.
  20. (Clinker) The material that emerges from the cement kiln after burning. It is in the form of dark, porous nodules which are ground with a small amount of gypsum to give cement.
  21. (Clinker) a poorly executed maneuver.
  22. (Clinker) is an intermediate cement product made by sintering limestone, clay, and iron oxide in a kiln at around 1,450 degrees Celsius. One metric ton of clinker is used to make approximately 1.1 metric tons of gray Portland cement.
  23. (Clinker) solid agglomerate of residues formed by either complete combustion or incomplete combustion and which can result from complete or partial melting (ISO 13943, 2008, 4.42).
  24. (Clinker) the method of planking a boat where the planks are overlapped. This was necessary in smaller boats where the planks were too thin to provide an effective seal if layed side by side (carvel).
  25. (clinker) Ash and partially fused residues from a coal fired furnace or fire.