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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cin•der /ˈsɪndɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a burned piece of coal, wood, etc.:a smoldering cinder.
  2. cinders, [plural] anything left over after burning;
    ashes:Cinders from the volcano fell on the car.
  3. to a cinder, completely black:The cookies she had left in the oven had burned to a cinder.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cin•der  (sin′dər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
  2. cinders:
    • any residue of combustion;
      ashes.
    • Rocks[Geol.]coarse scoriae erupted by volcanoes.
  3. a live, flameless coal;
    ember.
  4. [Metall.]
    • Metallurgyslag (def. 1).
    • Metallurgya mixture of ashes and slag.

v.t. 
  1. to spread cinders on:The highway department salted and cindered the icy roads.
  2. [Archaic.]to reduce to cinders.

v.i. 
  1. to spread cinders on a surface, as a road or sidewalk:My neighbor began cindering as soon as the first snowflake fell.
  • French cendre ashes
  • bef. 900; Middle English synder, Old English sinder slag; cognate with German Sinter, Old Norse sindr; c- (for s-)
cin′der•y, cin′der•ous, adj. 
cin′der•like′, adj. 

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