cindery
Variant of cinder
cinder
definition
cin·der (sin′dər)
noun
- slag, as from the reduction of metallic ores
- a rough piece of solid lava from a volcano
- any matter, as coal or wood, burned out or partly burned, but not reduced to ashes
- a minute piece of such matter
- a coal that is still burning but not flaming
- ashes from coal or wood
Etymology: ME & OE sinder, dross of iron, slag < IE base *sendhro-, coagulating fluid > Ger sinter, dross of iron, stalactite, sintern, to trickle, coagulate, Czech śadra, gypsum
transitive verb
- Rare to burn to cinders
- to cover with cinders
Related Forms:
- cindery cin′·dery adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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