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Synonyms for cinders

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sin-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn dər

Définition of cinders

Origin :
  • Old English sinder "dross of iron, slag," from Proto-Germanic *sendra- "slag" (cf. Old Saxon sinder "slag, dross," Old Norse sindr, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch sinder, Dutch sintel, Old High German sintar, German Sinter), from PIE root *sendhro- "coagulating fluid" (cf. Old Church Slavonic sedra "cinder").
  • Initial s- changed to c- under influence of unrelated French cendre "ashes," from Latin cinerem (nominative cinis) "ashes," from or related to Greek konis "dust" (see incinerate). The French word also apparently shifted the sense of the English one to "small piece of burnt coal" (16c.). Volcanic cinder cone is recorded from 1849.
  • noun hot ash
Example sentences :
  • At the lower end it was black and hard and broken like cinders.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • Been high and low, on the chance of finding some hope of saving any cinders from the fire.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Before the stove the cinders of the previous winter still lay in a heap.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • At length the stew began to simmer on a fire covered with cinders.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He would do nothing but sit on the stove and play with the cinders.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
  • There were holes in this metal basket for the cinders to fall through.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States » by Various
  • The prairie was covered with cinders, and the grass was burned and withered.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • The cinders fell, jingling and crackling, round the prince in a little shower.
  • Extract from : « Prince Prigio » by Andrew Lang
  • The prairie was covered with cinders, and the grass was burnt and withered.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat

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