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ember
[ em-ber ]
noun
- a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- embers, the smoldering remains of a fire.
ember
/ ˈɛmbə /
noun
- a glowing or smouldering piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire
- the fading remains of a past emotion
the embers of his love
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Origin of ember1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ember1
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Example Sentences
One night, driving home, I passed an alley and saw someone light a crack pipe, the tiny red ember flaring bright.
If just a single ember remains hot at its core, Olshanski notes, the result can be an inferno.
Fire was actually carried in hollowed out branches in which an ember was placed.
I understood, and, stepping to the fire, returned with a charred ember.
The other snatched a blazing ember from the mud chimney and struck the leading wolf dead partly within the hut.
When he ceased silence reigned, except for the occasional snapping of a burning ember.
It grew and expanded till it formed a huge ember-mottled orchid with vast petals trembling in the wind.
Darius lay as I had last seen him; and him we buried in the maize clearing at the back, with the ember glow for funeral lights.
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