clinkernoun
uk/ˈklɪŋ.kər/us/ˈklɪŋ.kɚ/clinker noun (POWDER)
[ C or U ] the ash (= powder) and rough, hard pieces that remain after coal has been burned
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Products of fire
- ash
- cinder
- ember
- fumes
- smoke
- smokeless
- smoky
- smut
- soot
clinker noun (MISTAKE)
[ C ] US old-fashioned slang a mistake, especially a wrong musical note
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- creep in/creep into sth
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- irregularity
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- solecism
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