Definition
A piece of slag or waste matter left after coal burns; also informally means something excellent, or in cricket/sports, a mistake or mishit.
Etymology
From 'clink' (Middle Dutch klinken) plus agent suffix '-er', originally referring to the clinky residue from fires; later slang evolved with multiple meanings.
Kelly Says
Clinker in cement production is actually what you want—it's the useful intermediate product made by heating limestone and clay that gets ground into cement powder, so industrial 'clinker' is valuable waste!
Translations
ARالعربية
كlinker
klink-er
BNবাংলা
ক্লিন্কার
klin-kar
CACatalà
clinker
klink-er
CSČeština
klinker
klink-er
DEDeutsch
Klinker
klinker
ELΕλληνικά
κλίνκερ
klin-ker
ESEspañol
clinker
klink-er
FRFrançais
clinker
klin-ker
HIहिन्दी
क्लिनकर
klin-kar
HUMagyar
klinker
klink-er
IDBahasa Indonesia
clinker
klink-er
ITItaliano
clinker
klink-er
MSBahasa Melayu
clinker
klink-er
MYမြန်မာ
ကလင်ကာ
ka-lin-ka
NLNederlands
clinker
klink-er
PLPolski
klinker
klink-er
PTPortuguês
clinker
klink-er
RORomână
clinker
klink-er
RUРусский
кло́нкер
klok-ner
SVSvenska
klinker
klink-er
SWKiswahili
clinker
klink-er
TAதமிழ்
கிளிங்கர்
ki-li-ngar
TEతెలుగు
క్లింకర్
klin-kar
THไทย
คลิงเกอร์
khling-ger
TRTürkçe
clinker
klink-er
UKУкраїнська
кло́нкер
klok-ner
VITiếng Việt
clinker
klink-er