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单词 cinder
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cinder


burn (someone or something) to a cinder

1. To burn something, typically when cooking it, to the extent that it is completely charred and blackened. I forgot about the bread I'd put in the oven and burned it to a cinder.2. To burn someone severely (typically referring to sunburn). Often used in passive constructions. If you lay on the beach all day without any sunscreen, you'll get burned to a cinder.See also: burn, cinder

burned to a cinder

burned very badly. [Very often used figuratively.] I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder. This toast is burnt to a cinder.See also: burn, cinder

burn to a cinder

Also, burn to a crisp. Destroy by fire; overcook. For example, If I stay in the sun too long, I'll be burnt to a cinder, or He's an awful cook-dinner was burnt to a crisp. Although both expressions can be used literally, they also function as hyperbole, as in the examples. See also: burn, cinder

burnt to a cinder (or crisp)

completely burnt through, leaving only the charred remnant.See also: burnt, cinder

burn something to a ˈcinder/ˈcrisp

cook something for too long or with too much heat, so that it becomes badly burnt: Alan left the potatoes for so long that they were burnt to a crisp.See also: burn, cinder, crisp, something

cinder


cinder

1. any solid waste from smelting or refining 2. fragments of volcanic lava; scoriae

cinder

[′sin·dər] (geology) Fine-grained pyroclastic material ranging in diameter from 0.16 to 1.28 inch (4 to 32 millimeters). (materials) Slag from a metal furnace. (metallurgy) Scale cast off in forging metal.
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CINDER


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CINDERCyber Insider Threat (US DoD)

cinder


  • noun

Synonyms for cinder

noun a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

Synonyms

  • clinker

Related Words

  • fragment
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