clinker brick

英：[ˈkliŋkə brik]

美：[ˈklɪŋkɚ brɪk]

硬砖

noun (1)

British something first-rate

a wrong note

a serious mistake or error : boner

an utter failure : flop

something of poor quality

noun (2)

or clinker brick plural clinker bricks a brick that has been burned in the kiln to the point of becoming darkened or deformed … "clinkers," bricks that were discarded because they became deformed or discolored after getting too close to the heat in the kiln.—Katy Tomasulo "Over-baked and distorted," he [an unidentified Melbourne, Australia brick recycler] explained. Even so, these days retrieved clinker bricks can sell for over $1 each!—Jenny Brown Its corner-wrapping porch is complemented by generous eaves and abundant use of clinker brick—dense, misshapen bricks created by exposure to high temperatures …—Sarah Hilbert … a clinker-brick two-story orphanage …—Anthony Doerr

… the shiny, burnt, misshapen bricks, known as clinkers, which are the unloved and usually unused outer layer of the firing process. When banged together, they make a clinking sound.—Stephen Best

stony matter fused togetheralso: a piece of clinker When I was a kid in Parma, one of the chores assigned to me and my brothers was the removing of the "clinkers" from the old coal furnace in the basement of our house, as well as the one in the church next door. —Loren Yadon

The manufacturing of cement involves the mixing of limestone, silica, iron oxide, and alumina. This mixture is heated by coal to very high temperatures … , transforming the mixture into a pebble-like substance called clinker, which is then mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine powder to make cement.—Paul Robbins

noun (1)

British something first-rate

a wrong note

a serious mistake or error : boner

an utter failure : flop

something of poor quality

noun (2)

or clinker brick plural clinker bricks a brick that has been burned in the kiln to the point of becoming darkened or deformed … "clinkers," bricks that were discarded because they became deformed or discolored after getting too close to the heat in the kiln.—Katy Tomasulo "Over-baked and distorted," he [an unidentified Melbourne, Australia brick recycler] explained. Even so, these days retrieved clinker bricks can sell for over $1 each!—Jenny Brown Its corner-wrapping porch is complemented by generous eaves and abundant use of clinker brick—dense, misshapen bricks created by exposure to high temperatures …—Sarah Hilbert … a clinker-brick two-story orphanage …—Anthony Doerr

… the shiny, burnt, misshapen bricks, known as clinkers, which are the unloved and usually unused outer layer of the firing process. When banged together, they make a clinking sound.—Stephen Best

stony matter fused togetheralso: a piece of clinker When I was a kid in Parma, one of the chores assigned to me and my brothers was the removing of the "clinkers" from the old coal furnace in the basement of our house, as well as the one in the church next door. —Loren Yadon

The manufacturing of cement involves the mixing of limestone, silica, iron oxide, and alumina. This mixture is heated by coal to very high temperatures … , transforming the mixture into a pebble-like substance called clinker, which is then mixed with gypsum and ground to a fine powder to make cement.—Paul Robbins

烧结砖

Noun (1)clink >entry 1 Noun (2) alteration of earlier klincard a hard yellowish Dutch brick

The first known use of clinker was in 1659

cleft lipnoun

one or more splits in the upper lip that occur as a birth defect

cleft lipnoun

one or more splits in the upper lip that occur as a birth defect

cleft palatenoun

a split in the roof of the mouth that occurs as a birth defect

cleft palatenoun

a split in the roof of the mouth that occurs as a birth defect

clergypersonnoun

a member of the clergy

clergypersonnoun

a member of the clergy

clinkernoun

a mass of stony matter fused together (as in a furnace) : slag