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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cin•der /ˈsɪndɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a burned piece of coal, wood, etc.:a smoldering cinder.
- cinders, [plural] anything left over after burning;
ashes:Cinders from the volcano fell on the car. - to a cinder, completely black:The cookies she had left in the oven had burned to a cinder.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cin•der (sin′dər),USA pronunciation n. - a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinders:
- any residue of combustion;
ashes. - Rocks[Geol.]coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes.
- a live, flameless coal;
ember. - [Metall.]
- Metallurgyslag (def. 1).
- Metallurgya mixture of ashes and slag.
v.t. - to spread cinders on:The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
- [Archaic.]to reduce to cinders.
v.i. - to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk:My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.
- French cendre ashes
- bef. 900; Middle English synder, Old English sinder slag; cognate with German Sinter, Old Norse sindr; c- (for s-)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cinder /ˈsɪndə/ n - a piece of incombustible material left after the combustion of coal, coke, etc; clinker
- a piece of charred material that burns without flames; ember
Also called: sinter any solid waste from smelting or refining- (plural) fragments of volcanic lava; scoriae
Etymology: Old English sinder; related to Old Norse sindr, Old High German sintar, Old Slavonic sedra stalactiteˈcindery adj |