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clinkering

clinkering is the present participle and gerund 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 clinkering

What is clinkering the present participle and gerund of?
Clinkering is the present participle and gerund of clinker.

Words near clinkering in the dictionary

  1. clinker-work
  2. clinkerbuilt
  3. clinkered
  4. clinkerer
  5. clinkerers
  6. clinkering
  7. clinkers
  8. clinkerwise
  9. clinkery
  10. clinketh
  11. clinkety

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