Definizione monolingua

clinker

clinker (plural clinkers)

1. A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.]
2. A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. [from 17th c.]
3. Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]
4. Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.]
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:

     Nobody could pretend that a huge slope of clinker is aesthetically pleasing.

5. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. [from 19th c.]

Definizione dizionario clinker

clinker

Altri significati:

A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.

Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.

A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat.

Hardened volcanic lava.

Clink, derived from clinch, hence one who clinches or that clinches.

One who clinks or an item that clinks, hence fetters are also called clinkers.

A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging.