noun
cinder
SIHN-duh
noun
1
A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
"Cinders drifted up from the bonfire into the night sky."
"The old stove was full of cold cinders by morning."
How to Use Cinder
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA leftover bit of burnt material, like ash but coarser.
Common pairings
burnt to a cinder
glowing cinders
Word Forms
cindered past tense, cinders plural, cinders singular
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Etymology
From Old English sinder, meaning slag or dross; the spelling with "c" was later influenced by the unrelated French word cendre ("ashes").