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Showing words for CLINKER using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Clinker

clinker, crinkle

6 Letter Words for Clinker

crinel, licker, linker, nickel, nicker, nickle, relick, relink, rickle

5 Letter Words for Clinker

cerin, cinel, clerk, cline, clink, crile, crine, crink, erick, icker, ickle, incle, inker, inkle, kreil, liken, liker, liner, nicer, reink, relic

4 Letter Words for Clinker

ceil, cern, ciel, cine, cire, cirl, clin, crin, encl, enki, eric, erin, icer, incl, incr, keir, kerl, kern, kiel, kier, kiln, kine, kirn, leck, leir, lice, lick, lien, lier, like, line, link, lire, lirk, neck, nerk, nice, nick, nike, nile, nirl, reck, reik, rein, renk, rice, rick, riel, rile, rine, rink

3 Letter Words for Clinker

cel, cen, cer, cie, cir, cli, clk, clr, crl, eik, eir, eli, elk, enc, enl, erk, ern, ice, ick, ike, ile, ilk, inc, ink, ire, irk, ken, kie, kil, kin, kir, kln, lei, lek, ler, lie, lin, lir, lnr, nei, nek, nie, nil, rec, rei, rel, rie, rin, rle

Definitions for Clinker

[1] a mass of incombustible matter fused together, as in the burning of coal.
[2] a hard Dutch brick, used especially for paving.
[3] a partially vitrified mass of brick.
[4] the scale of oxide formed on iron during forging.
[5] Geology . a mass of vitrified material ejected from a volcano.
[6] to form clinkers in burning.
[7] a person or thing that clinks.
[8] a wrong note in a musical performance.
[9] any mistake or error.
[10] something that is a failure; a product of inferior quality.
[11] British . someone or something wonderful or exceedingly well-liked.
[12] the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
[13] Also called: clinker brick a hard brick used as a paving stone
[14] a partially vitrified brick or mass of brick
[15] slang , mainly US something of poor quality, such as a film
[16] US and Canadian slang a mistake or fault, esp a wrong note in music
[17] (intr) to form clinker during burning

Words related to Clinker

discordant, dissonant, bracelet, cable, ember, soot, noise, upheaval, agitation, tumult, ruckus, uproar, hubbub, buzz, ferment, outcry, brouhaha, dissonance, disharmony, fuss

Words nearby Clinker

clinically obese, clinician, clinicopathologic, clinid, clink, clinker, clinker-built, clinkety-clank, clinkstone, clino-, clinocephaly

Origin of Clinker

3First recorded in 1830–40; special use of clinker2

Word origin for Clinker

C17: from Dutch klinker a type of brick, from obsolete klinckaerd, literally: something that clinks (referring to the sound produced when one was struck), from klinken to clink 1

Synonyms for Clinker

discordant, dissonant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, divergent, flat, inharmonious, irregular, jarring, not harmonious, off-pitch, off-tone, out of keeping, out of pitch, out of tune, sour, sour note, unmusical, unnatural, untuned