English-Thai Dictionary
clinker
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CLINKER
Clink "er, n. Etym: [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone. ]
1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.
3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.
4. A kind of brick. See Dutch klinker, under Dutch.
CLINKER-BUILT
CLINKER-BUILT Clink "er-built, a. (Naut. )
Defn: Having the side planks (af a boat ) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
clinker
clink er 1 |ˈkliNGkər ˈklɪŋkər | ▶noun the stony residue from burned coal or from a furnace. • (also clinker brick ) a brick with a vitrified surface. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete Dutch klinckaerd (earlier form of klinker ), from klinken ‘to clink. ’
clinker
clink er 2 |ˈklɪŋkər ˈkliNGkər | ▶noun informal something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure: marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these films. • a wrong musical note. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a person or thing that clinks ): from clink 1 + -er 1. The current sense (with depreciatory reference ) dates from the 1930s.
clinker-built
clink er-built ▶adjective (of a boat ) having external planks secured with clinched nails such that the bottom edge of an upper plank overlaps the upper edge of a lower plank. Compare with carvel-built. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: clinker from clink (northern English variant of clinch ).
Oxford Dictionary
clinker
clinker 1 |ˈklɪŋkə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace. • (also clinker brick ) [ count noun ] a brick with a vitrified surface. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete Dutch klinckaerd (earlier form of klinker ), from klinken ‘to clink ’.
clinker
clinker 2 |ˈklɪŋkə | ▶noun informal 1 N. Amer. something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure: marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these films. • a wrong musical note: a string breaks, you hit a clinker, you forget where you are in a piece. 2 Brit. dated something or someone excellent or outstanding: she was a real clinker. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a person or thing that clinks ): from clink 1 + -er 1. Sense 2 dates from the mid 19th cent. , sense 1 from the 1930s.
clinker-built
clinker-built |klɪŋkəˈbɪlt | ▶adjective (of a boat ) having external planks which overlap downwards and are secured with clinched nails. Compare with carvel-built. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: clinker from clink (northern English variant of clinch ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
clinker
cl í nk er 名詞 C U 1 クリンカー 〘石炭などが燃えた後に残る不純物 〙.2 硬質れんが .
The Wordsmith Dictionary