CINDER


Meaning of CINDER in English

I. ˈsində(r) noun

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English cinder, alteration (influenced by Middle French cendre ash) of sinder, from Old English; akin to Old High German sintar dross, slag, Old Norse sindr, Old Slavic sędra stalactite

1.

a. : the slag from a metal furnace : dross , scoria

b. : a scale thrown off in forging metal

2. cinders plural

a. : ashes : the incombustible residue of something burnt ; especially : small fragments of clinker left by burning soft coal

b. obsolete : the residue of a human body following cremation or decomposition

3.

a. : a partly burned combustible in which fire is extinct or which no longer gives off flame — often distinguished from ash and ashes

b. : a hot coal without flame : ember

c. : a piece of partly burned coal capable of further burning without flame

4. : one of the small commonly vesicular fragments of lava that are projected from an erupting volcano, are about 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and are coarser than volcanic ash and smaller than volcanic bombs — compare lapillus , scoria

5. or cinder gray : a purplish gray that is redder and lighter than crane, slightly less strong than dove gray, lighter than granite, and redder than zinc — called also crystal gray, silverwing

6. cinders plural : a cinder running track : an outdoor track

faster in indoor races than on cinders

II. transitive verb

( cindered ; cindered ; cindering -d(ə)riŋ ; cinders )

Etymology: Middle English scindern, from cinder, sinder, n.

1. archaic : to burn or reduce to cinders

2. : to sprinkle with cinders

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.