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2 definitions • 5 examples
1
a
small
piece
of
partly
burned
coal
or
wood
:
Examples:
One of the
greatest
problems
of
early
train
travel
was
hot
cinders
flying
out of the smokestack and
setting
fire
to
clothing
.
The
ground
was
covered
in cinders and
broken
glass
.
There were little
black
specks
on the
window
that I thought were cinders.
be
burned
to a cinder The
cake
was
burned
to a cinder (=
burned
black
).
2
a
small
piece
of
partly
burned
coal
or
wood
:
Examples:
Get
rid
of the cinders before you
build
a new
fire
.
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