cindering
/ˈsɪndərɪŋ/
adjective
- Burning or smoldering so as to produce cinders.
- They could smell the cindering wood from the distant forest fire.
- The cindering remains of the campfire glowed in the dark.
- The cindering embers popped and crackled in the fireplace.
Synonyms
noun
- The process of burning something into cinders.
- Controlled cindering is sometimes used to clear dry brush.
- The cindering of the waste material produced a lot of ash.
- The cindering of the old barn took most of the afternoon.