cinder
[ sin-der ]
/ ˈsɪn dər /
noun
verb (used with object)
to spread cinders on: The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
Archaic.
to reduce to cinders.
verb (used without object)
to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk: My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.
Origin of cinder
before 900; Middle English
synder, Old English
sinder slag; cognate with German
Sinter, Old Norse
sindr; c- (for
s-) < French
cendre ashes
OTHER WORDS FROM cinder
cin·der·y, cin·der·ous, adjective cin·der·like, adjectiveWords nearby cinder
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British Dictionary definitions for cinder
cinder
/ (ˈsɪndə) /
noun
a piece of incombustible material left after the combustion of coal, coke, etc; clinker
a piece of charred material that burns without flames; ember
Also called: sinter
any solid waste from smelting or refining
(plural)
fragments of volcanic lava; scoriae
verb
(tr) rare
to burn to cinders
Derived forms of cinder
cindery, adjectiveWord Origin for cinder
Old English
sinder; related to Old Norse
sindr, Old High German
sintar, Old Slavonic
sedra stalactite
Idioms and Phrases with cinder
cinder
see burned to a cinder.