burn, incinerate
(verb) cause to undergo combustion; “burn garbage”; “The car burns only Diesel oil”
incinerate
(verb) become reduced to ashes; “The paper incinerated quickly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
incinerate (third-person singular simple present incinerates, present participle incinerating, simple past and past participle incinerated)
(transitive) to destroy by burning
incinerate (not comparable)
(obsolete) Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
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Source: Wiktionary
In*cin"er*ate, Etym: [LL. incineratus, p. p. of incinerare to incinerate; L. pref. in- in + cinis, cineris, ashes.]
Definition: Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed. [Obs.] Bacon.
In*cin"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incinerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incinerating.]
Definition: To burn to ashes; to consume; to burn. Bacon. It is the fire only that incinerates bodies. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
