CLINKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clinker mean? 

• CLINKER (noun)
  The noun CLINKER has 2 senses:

1. a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

2. a hard brick used as a paving stone

  Familiarity information: CLINKER used as a noun is rare.

• CLINKER (verb)
  The verb CLINKER has 2 senses:

1. clear out the cinders and clinker from

2. turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

  Familiarity information: CLINKER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLINKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

cinder; clinker

Hypernyms ("clinker" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Derivation:

clinker (turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hard brick used as a paving stone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clinker; clinker brick

Hypernyms ("clinker" is a kind of...):

brick (rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material)

• CLINKER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clear out the cinders and clinker from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

we clinkered the fire frequently

Hypernyms (to "clinker" is one way to...):

clean out; clear out (empty completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "clinker" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

clinker (a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire)