What does cinder mean?
Definitions for cinder
ˈsɪn dərcin·der
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Princeton's WordNet
cinder, clinkernoun
a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
Wiktionary
cindernoun
Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
cindernoun
An ember.
cindernoun
Slag from a metal furnace.
cinderverb
to reduce something to cinders
Etymology: From cinder, sinder, from sinder, from sindran, from sendhro-. Cognate with sintel, sinder, sinter, Sinter, sinder, sinder, sindur, сядра. Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated cendre.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CINDERnoun
Etymology: ceindre, Fr. from cineres, Latin.
I should make very forges of my cheeks,
That would to cinders burn up modesty,
Did but I speak thy deeds. William Shakespeare, Othello.There is in smiths cinders, by some adhesion of iron, sometimes to be found a magnetical operation. Thomas Browne, Vul. Err.
So snow on Ætna does unmelted lie,
Whose rolling flames and scatter’d cinders fly. Edmund Waller.If from adown the hopeful chops
The fat upon a cinder drops,
To stinking smoke it turns the flame. Jonathan Swift.
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cinder
A cinder is a small piece of partially or completely burned material, such as coal or wood, that is left after a fire. It is characterized by its light weight and typically has a porous texture.
Webster Dictionary
Cindernoun
partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct
Cindernoun
a hot coal without flame; an ember
Cindernoun
a scale thrown off in forging metal
Cindernoun
the slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano
Etymology: [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.]
Wikidata
Cinder
A cinder is a pyroclastic material. Cinders are extrusive igneous rocks. Cinders are similar to pumice, which has so many cavities and is such low-density that it can float on water. The colour of cinder is brown.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cinder
sin′dėr, n. the refuse of burned coals: anything charred by fire: (slang) some strong stimulant put in tea, soda-water, &c.—ns. Cinderel′la, a scullery-maid; Cinderel′la-dance, an early dancing-party ending at midnight—from the nursery tale.—adj. Cin′dery. [A.S. sinder, scoriæ, slag.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CINDER
One of the first things to catch your eye in travelling.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cinder in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cinder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of cinder in a Sentence
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
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