cinder

== English == === Alternative forms === sinder (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪndəː/, [ˈsɪndəː] (rhotic) (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪndɚ/, [ˈsɪ̟ndɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ndɹ̩] Rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ) Hyphenation: cin‧der Homophone: sender (pin–pen merger) === Noun === cinder (plural cinders) 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. Coordinate term: ash An ember. Slag from a metal furnace. (dated, colloquial) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: sindrys ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === cinder (third-person singular simple present cinders, present participle cindering, simple past and past participle cindered) (transitive) To reduce to cinders. Synonyms: burn away, cremate; see also Thesaurus:incinerate (transitive) To cover with cinders. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Cinderella scoria === Anagrams === crined, cedrin, Nerdic, recind