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cinder

UK /ˈsɪndəː/US /ˈsɪndɚ/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
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An ember.
- If from adown the hopeful chops The fat upon the cinder drops, To stinking smoke it turns the flame, Poisoning the flesh from whence it came — 1730
Slag from a metal furnace.
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(informal, old-fashioned) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.
- Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have seconded the motion. — 1846

verb2

To reduce to cinders.
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To cover with cinders.
- We plan to cinder this path.

forms

cindered · cindering · cinders

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