cinder
/ˈsɪndər/
verb
- To reduce to cinders; to burn completely.
- The lightning strike cindered the old oak tree.
- The intense heat cindered the wooden shed in minutes.
- The fire cindered all the documents in the safe.
noun
- A small piece of partly burned coal, wood, or other material that is no longer burning but may still be hot.
- After the campfire died down, only a few glowing cinders remained.
- She accidentally stepped on a hot cinder and burned her foot.
- The blacksmith swept the cinders from the forge floor.
- A piece of volcanic lava that has solidified into a rough, porous rock.
- The garden path was made of crushed cinders for drainage.
- The hiking trail was covered with black cinders from the ancient volcano.
- We collected small cinders as souvenirs from the volcanic field.
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