Definition of Clinker
Clinker
clin·ker


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(noun)
A partially vitrified slag or residue from a furnace or fire.

e.g. The clinker from the coal furnace was carefully removed and disposed of.

(noun)
the stony residue left from charred coal or a furnace;

e.g. Prehistoric clinker outcrops are the product of coal fires that left a residue that resists erosion.



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