CINDER

cinder, clinker

(noun) a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Cinder

A river in Alaska.

Anagrams

• Nerdic, crined

Etymology

Noun

cinder (plural cinders)

Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.

An ember.

Slag from a metal furnace.

(dated, colloquial) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.

Verb

cinder (third-person singular simple present cinders, present participle cindering, simple past and past participle cindered)

(transitive) To reduce to cinders.

(transitive) To cover with cinders.

Anagrams

• Nerdic, crined

Source: Wiktionary

Cin"der, n. Etym: [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.]

1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.

3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.

4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano. Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.

– Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition