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cindery

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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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cin·der   (sĭn'dər)   
n.  

    1. A burned or partly burned substance, such as coal, that is not reduced to ashes but is incapable of further combustion.

    2. A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame.

  2. cinders Ashes.

  3. cinders Geology See scoria.

  4. Metallurgy See scoria.

  5. Slag from a metal furnace.

tr.v.   cin·dered, cin·der·ing, cin·ders
To burn or reduce to cinders.

[Alteration (influenced by Old French cendre, ashes) of Middle English sinder, from Old English, slag, dross.]
cin'der·y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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