CINDER


Meaning of CINDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsin-dər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English sinder, from Old English; akin to Old High German sintar dross, slag, Serbian & Croatian sedra calcium carbonate

Date: before 12th century

1. : the slag from a metal furnace : dross

2.

a. plural : ashes

b. : a fragment of ash

3.

a. : a partly burned combustible in which fire is extinct

b. : a hot coal without flame

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

4. : a fragment of lava from an erupting volcano

• cin·dery -d(ə-)rē adjective

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