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What does clinker mean?

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Noun
  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. An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
  5. Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.]
  6. A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. [from 19th c.]
Verb
  1. (transitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.
Noun
  1. Someone or something that clinks.
  2. (plural) Fetters.
Noun
  1. (nautical, chiefly attributive) A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
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