cinder
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dər 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.
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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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
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) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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.
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Example sentences
The reek of unwashed toilets spilled into the street in the neighborhood of unpainted cinder block houses.
My father happened to have one, resting on cinder blocks, in a forgotten corner of his lot.
The star fizzles into an inert cinder, and its atoms drift off, seemingly lost in the interstellar gloom.
See the actual cinder cone on top while enjoying gorgeous city views.
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