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clinkered

clinkered is the simple past and past participle of clinker.

Meaning of clinker

Verb

clinker (third-person singular simple present clinkers, present participle clinkering, simple past and past participle clinkered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To convert or be converted into clinker.
    • This burning has baked and clinkered the adjacent strata, producing a very resistant formation, which rises with conspicuous abruptness from the flat terrace underlain by the soft Lebo shale member.1923, United States Geological Survey, Bulletin 748, page 125

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Questions about clinkered

What is clinkered the simple past and past participle of?
Clinkered is the simple past and past participle of clinker.

Words near clinkered in the dictionary

  1. clinker block
  2. clinker blocks
  3. clinker-built
  4. clinker-work
  5. clinkerbuilt
  6. clinkered
  7. clinkerer
  8. clinkerers
  9. clinkering
  10. clinkers
  11. clinkerwise

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