cinder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small piece of partly burned coal, wood, or other material

   A glowing cinder escaped from the fire and landed on the hearth.

2. 2
   noun

   a hard fragment of noncombustible residue or furnace slag

   The old railway path was surfaced with rough black cinders.

Common collocations

• cinder track Noun + noun

From Middle English cinder and Old English sinder, 'dross, slag, or cinder,' from a Proto-Germanic word for residue from burning or smelting. Cognates in Germanic languages likewise refer to cinders, slag, sparks, or mineral deposits.

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