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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.
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
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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