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cinders

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cin·der  (sndr)
n.
1.
a. A burned or partly burned substance, such as coal, that is not reduced to ashes but is incapable of further combustion.
b. A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame.
2. cinders Ashes.
3. cinders Geology See scoria.
4. Metallurgy See scoria.
5. Slag from a metal furnace.
tr.v. cin·dered, cin·der·ing, cin·ders
To burn or reduce to cinders.
[Alteration (influenced by Old French cendre, ashes) of Middle English sinder, from Old English, slag, dross.]
cinder·y adj.
Translations
cinders [ˈsɪndəz] npl → cenizas fpl
cinders [ˈsɪndəz] npl → cendres fpl
cinders [ˈsɪndəz] npl → Asche f


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Their march this day lay among singular hills and knolls of an indurated red earth, resembling brick, about the bases of which were scattered pumice stones and cinders, the whole bearing traces of the action of fire.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
My sole recollection, from the time I fell under the trees until I awoke the following evening, is of my head out of the window, facing the wind caused by the train, cinders striking and burning and blinding me, while I breathed with will.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
The black slave overturned the pan in the middle of the room, and the fish were turned to cinders.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
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