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cinderous

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cin⋅der

  [sin-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.
–verb (used with object)
5. to spread cinders on: The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
6. Archaic. to reduce to cinders.
–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:
bef. 900; ME synder, OE sinder slag; c. G Sinter, ON sindr; c- (for s-) < F cendre ashes

Related forms:
cin⋅der⋅y, cin⋅der⋅ous, adjective
cin⋅der⋅like, adjective
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