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How to pronounce “clinker

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Pronunciation guide for clinker

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of clinker with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Charlotte Degot: A more accurate way to calculate emissionsMost of the emissions come from the process of producing clinker,
Definition summary
A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.]

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How to pronounce clinker

Charlotte Degot: A more accurate way to calculate emissions

Most of the emissions come from the process of producing clinker,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “clinker

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands. [from 17th c.]
  • A mass of bricks fused together by intense heat. [from 17th c.]
  • Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]
  • An intermediate product in the manufacture of Portland cement, obtained by sintering limestone and alumino-silicate materials such as clay into nodules in a cement kiln.
  • Hardened volcanic lava. [from 19th c.]
  • A scum of oxide of iron formed in forging. [from 19th c.]
  • [Verb]
  • (ambitransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.

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