clinker

Pronunciation: /ˈklɪŋkɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
  2. noun a hard brick used as a paving stone
  3. verb clear out the cinders and clinker from

Etymology

From Dutch klinkaerd, later klinker, from klinken (“to ring, resound”).

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Synonyms

cinder

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fragment

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