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cinder

noun
/ˈsɪndəː/UK/ˈsɪndɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter.

  1. derived from *sendʰro-✻
  2. inherited from *sindrą✻
  3. inherited from *sindr✻
  4. inherited from sinder — “cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”
  5. inherited from cyndyr

Definitions

  1. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or…

    Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.

  2. An ember.

    • If from adown the hopeful chops The fat upon the cinder drops, To stinking smoke it turns the flame, Poisoning the flesh from whence it came

  3. Slag from a metal furnace.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.

      • Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have seconded the motion.

    2. To reduce to cinders.

    3. To cover with cinders.

      • We plan to cinder this path.

    4. A river in Alaska.

    5. A female given name.

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Derived

becindered, brittle cinder, cinderblock, cinder block, cinder cone, cinder dick, cinder frame, cinderless, cinderlike, cinder notch, cinderous, cinder tea, cinder toffee, cindery, mill cinder, tap cinder

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cinder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA