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cin·der
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dər
/
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-der
]
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noun
1.
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
2.
cinders,
a.
any residue of combustion; ashes.
b.
Geology
.
coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes.
3.
a live, flameless coal; ember.
4.
Metallurgy
.
a.
slag
(
def. 1
)
.
b.
a
mixture
of ashes and
slag
.
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verb (used with object)
5.
to spread cinders on:
The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
6.
Archaic
.
to reduce to cinders.
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seepage of water into soil or rock
process where the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves
to dissolve out soluble constituents from ashes and soil by percolation
central portion of the earth believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state
tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other
central portion of the earth believed to be composed mainly of iron and nickel in a molten state
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verb (used without object)
7.
to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk:
My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.
Origin:
before 900;
Middle English
synder,
Old English
sinder
slag; cognate with
German
Sinter,
Old Norse
sindr; c-
(for
s-
) <
French
cendre
ashes
Related forms
cin·der·y,
cin·der·ous,
adjective
cin·der·like,
adjective
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cinder
(ˈsɪndə)
—
n
1.
a piece of incombustible material left after the combustion of coal, coke, etc; clinker
2.
a piece of charred material that burns without flames; ember
3.
Also called:
sinter
any solid waste from smelting or refining
4.
(
plural
) fragments of volcanic lava; scoriae
—
vb
5.
rare
(
tr
) to burn to cinders
[Old English
sinder;
related to Old Norse
sindr,
Old High German
sintar,
Old Slavonic
sedra
stalactite]
'cindery
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
cinder
O.E. sinder "dross of iron, slag," from P.Gmc. *sindran, from PIE base *sendhro- "coagulating fluid." Initial s- changed to c- under infl. of Fr. cendre. Volcanic cinder cone is recorded from 1849.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
cinder
see
burned to a cinder
.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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