Wordwyrt

clinker

Meaningto clink

Common meaning: a lump of hard slag or vitrified brick

Journey through time

  1. Dutchklinken‘to ring, to clink’source
  2. Dutchmeaning shiftsto ring, to clink → a hard brick, a thing that ringsklinker‘a hard brick, a thing that rings’source
  3. Englishclinker‘a lump of hard slag or vitrified brick’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Dutch klinken ‘to clink’.

Roots

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