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clinker

[kling-ker] / ˈklɪŋ kər /




NOUN
cinder
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On a recent visit, workers at Conch’s sprawling clinker facility monitored the AI model as it automatically adjusted production in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

The house is wrapped in clinker brick, a term for when clay bricks are set too close to the flames when being fired in a kiln, giving them distorted shapes and colors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

"She has made enough ridiculous rulings in this case that nobody should be surprised if she makes another clinker," he told Salon.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

"We found the combination of cement clinker and iron oxide is an excellent steelmaking slag because it foams and it flows well," said Dunant.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

By April the berries were in and a post-and- beam shed-barn, and by summer Carl could be seen framing up walls and mortaring clinker brick.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson