sinter

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sin=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

sinter, n. [G. Cf. Cinder.].

 Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.  [1913 Webster]

Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sinter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a siliceous or calcareous rock formed by deposition from springs.
2 a substance formed by sintering.
--v.intr. & tr. coalesce or cause to coalesce from powder into solid by heating.

Etymology

G, = E sinder CINDER

ROGET THESAURUS

sinter

Semiliquidity

VB inspissate, incrassate, thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up, sinter.