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cinder
[sin-der]
noun
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
cinders,
any residue of combustion; ashes.
Geology.coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes.
a live, flameless coal; ember.
Metallurgy.
slag.
a mixture of ashes and slag.
verb (used with object)
to spread cinders on.
The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
Archaic.to reduce to cinders.
verb (used without object)
to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk.
My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.
cinder
/ ˈɪԻə /
noun
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
verb
rare(tr) to burn to cinders
Other Word Forms
- cindery adjective
- cinderous adjective
- cinderlike adjective
- ˈԻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinder1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinder1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Throwing cinder blocks at California Highway Patrol cars from a freeway overpass?
He said some people put nails and cinder blocks in the street trying to block the police response.
McDonnell said some agitators broke up cinder blocks with hammers to create projectiles to hurl at police, and others lobbed “commercial-grade fireworks” at officers.
Throwing cinder blocks and e-scooters at California Highway Patrol cars from a 101 Freeway overpass?
She also has a pair of long, constantly growing incisors strong enough to chew through cinder blocks as well as tree bark.
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