What does Ember mean?
Definitions for Ember
ˈɛm bərem·ber
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Princeton's WordNet
ember, coalnoun
a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Wiktionary
embernoun
A glowing piece of coal or wood.
embernoun
Smoldering ash.
Wikipedia
Ember
An ember, also called a hot coal, is a hot lump of smouldering solid fuel, typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes precede, a fire. Embers are, in some cases, as hot as the fire which created them. They radiate a substantial amount of heat long after the fire has been extinguished, and if not taken care of properly can rekindle a fire that is thought to be completely extinguished and can pose a fire hazard. In order to avoid the danger of accidentally spreading a fire, many campers pour water on the embers or cover them in dirt. Alternatively, embers can be used to relight a fire after it has gone out without the need to rebuild the fire – in a conventional fireplace, a fire can easily be relit up to 12 hours after it goes out, provided that there is enough space for air to circulate between the embers and the introduced fuel. They are often used for cooking, such as in charcoal barbecues. This is because embers radiate a more consistent form of heat, as opposed to an open fire, which is constantly changing along with the heat it radiates. An ember is formed when a fire has only partially burnt a piece of fuel, and there is still usable chemical energy in that piece of fuel. This happens because the usable chemical energy is so deep into the center that air (specifically oxygen) does not reach it, therefore not causing combustion (carbon-based fuel + O2 → CO2 + H2O + C + other chemicals involved). It continues to stay hot and does not lose its thermal energy quickly because combustion is still happening at a low level. The small yellow, orange and red lights often seen among the embers are actually combustion; the combustion is just not happening at a fast enough rate to create a flame. Once the embers are completely 'burned through', they are not carbon as is commonly believed (carbon burns, and is not normally left behind), but rather various other oxidized minerals like calcium and phosphorus. At that point they are called ashes. Embers play a large role in forest fires, wildland fires or wildland urban interface fires. Because embers are typically burnt leaves and thus small and lightweight, they can easily become airborne. During a large fire, with the right conditions, embers can be blown far ahead of the fire front, starting spot fires several kilometres/miles away. A number of practical measures can be undertaken by homeowners to reduce the consequences of such an "ember attack" that bombards especially wooden structures and starts property fires.
Webster Dictionary
Embernoun
a lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire
Emberadjective
making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts
Etymology: [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ember
em′bėr, n. a live piece of coal or wood: chiefly in pl. red-hot ashes: smouldering remains of a fire. [A.S. ǽmerge; Ice. eimyrja. The b is simply euphonic.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
EMBER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ember is ranked #111988 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Ember surname appeared 157 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ember.
90.4% or 142 total occurrences were White.
4.4% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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breme
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Ember in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Ember in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Ember in a Sentence
Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic, we have to extinguish it.
Wind just kind of swept through the smokehouse a lot more than we’re used to and carried an ember from a cooker and caught a wall on fire, it went up real quick.
Patrick Hartigan in a statement:
On the evening of closest approach on Dec( ember) 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full Moon, for most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening.
Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute, and we can't just fight this epidemic. We have to extinguish it.
The intention for a song was all about how tough it is to be an entrepreneur in our country to begin with, especially as someone of color, there's a lot of systemic disadvantages and purposeful blockages. How can you get a fire started, or even the hope of an ember to start a fire, when you're starting at disadvantages with regards to health care, education and representation ?
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- جمرةArabic
- тӏуччиAvaric
- жар, жараваBulgarian
- brasaCatalan, Valencian
- žhavýCzech
- glødDanish
- GlutGerman
- θράκα, χόβοληGreek
- ardaĵo, braĝoEsperanto
- ascua, brasaSpanish
- شعله, خاكه زغال نيمسوزPersian
- kekäle, hiillosFinnish
- glóðFaroese
- braiseFrench
- emberIrish
- शोलेHindi
- zsarátnokHungarian
- [[մարմրող]] [[ածուխ]]Armenian
- brezoIdo
- ljómaIcelandic
- splendore, favilla, braceItalian
- 残り火, 種火, 余燼Japanese
- მღვივარი ნახშირი, ცხელი ნაცარიGeorgian
- pruna, favillaLatin
- ngoungouMāori
- hete kolen, sintelDutch
- glødNorwegian
- żar, niedopałekPolish
- âmbar, brasaPortuguese
- tăciuneRomanian
- [[горячий, жар, [[тлеть, уголёкRussian
- žeravica, žar, ugarakSerbo-Croatian
- žeravý uhlíkSlovak
- glödSwedish
- நீரு பூத்த நெருப்பு, கங்குTamil
- ถ่านที่ยังคุอยู่, แสงไฟในเศษฟืน, เถ้าที่ยังคุกกรุ่นอยู่Thai
- köz, korTurkish
- cây củi cháy dởVietnamese
- 余烬Chinese
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