Cinder
noun
A small piece or type of charcoal that's left after something has been burned.
The wood burned to cinders in the intense heat of the fire.
Often appears as...
- burn to cinders
- ash and cinders
noun
A person or thing that suffered damage or harm.
After the fire, the house was a mere cinder of its former self.
noun
A type of hard, dark rock.
The volcano spewed out a huge quantity of cinder and ash.
Often appears as...
- cinder cone
- cinder track
noun
A small piece or type of charcoal that's left after something has been burned.
The wood burned to cinders in the intense heat of the fire.
Often appears as...
- burn to cinders
- ash and cinders
noun
A person or thing that suffered damage or harm.
After the fire, the house was a mere cinder of its former self.
noun
A type of hard, dark rock.
The volcano spewed out a huge quantity of cinder and ash.
Often appears as...
- cinder cone
- cinder track
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cinder' to evoke strong visual images of something reduced to charred debris.
The campfire left a pile of warm cinders, glowing in the dark.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Burnt
'Cinder' suggests that the burning process is complete and only residue remains.
By morning, the logs had turned into black cinders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Metaphorically, 'cinder' can represent something that has lost its energy or usefulness.
His passion for the project is now just a cinder.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cinder' to evoke strong visual images of something reduced to charred debris.
The campfire left a pile of warm cinders, glowing in the dark.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Burnt
'Cinder' suggests that the burning process is complete and only residue remains.
By morning, the logs had turned into black cinders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Metaphorically, 'cinder' can represent something that has lost its energy or usefulness.
His passion for the project is now just a cinder.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'cinder' to evoke strong visual images of something reduced to charred debris.
The campfire left a pile of warm cinders, glowing in the dark.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Burnt
'Cinder' suggests that the burning process is complete and only residue remains.
By morning, the logs had turned into black cinders.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Metaphorically, 'cinder' can represent something that has lost its energy or usefulness.
His passion for the project is now just a cinder.
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Video examples
Are athletes really...
that stole far more energy from his legs than the synthetic tracks of today. So I consulted biomechanics experts to find out how much slower it is to run on cinders than synthetic tracks, and their consensus that it's one and a half percent slower. So if you apply a one and a half percent slowdown conversion
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Race to Get on the Water...
that ain't good a lot of people saying that all mana Fisher here early having said that I'm glad they're here I wish I were out there today fishing but I'm dead in the water right now we got a gauge that's giving us a hard time hopefully it's just one little cinder that's got us
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Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
quarantine this is a Sebastian's project but cinder is very kindly helping say about and doing it while he's away and on a day like today is the perfect kind of day that's it once because he wants changes in weather and clouds and all of that so it makes for a perfect day to do
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Mark Shaw: One very dry...
I'm here to show you how something you can't see can be so much fun to look at. You're about to experience a new, available and exciting technology that's going to make us rethink how we waterproof our lives. What I have here is a cinder block
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New Series PIPE Doomsday...
rebar cinder and sweat we've got the tools to survive anything if we can quit fighting long enough to use them if the end comes and we have to protect this house well nothing brings a family together like Armageddon doomsday castle a new
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Behind the Scenes Promo...
cinder and sweat we've got the tools to survive anything if we can quit fighting long enough to use them if the end comes we have to protect this house well nothing brings a family together like Armageddon doomsday castle a new
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Carsten Peter: Inside...
on the top of the cinder cone and he probably won't forget that for his life. I would have loved to stay a much longer time. Unfortunately, we were restricted and we had to go up again and made it up to the 2nd terrace
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Earth-Building Wounds PIPE...
vengeance most of the land we stand on was originally created by volcanism like this over centuries the forces of nature turned blackened cinders into weathered rock on which grass can grow life can flourish
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CA Finalist PIPE National...
all four types of volcano can be found such as frog dome shield cinder cone and Strato volcano the dominant feature of the park is lesson peak the largest plant tomb volcano in the world and the
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"MacGyver"-like Prison...
God and he wanted to change his life finally a month after I'd started I dug enough to get the cinder block loose I pulled it out
Video examples
Are athletes really...
that stole far more energy from his legs than the synthetic tracks of today. So I consulted biomechanics experts to find out how much slower it is to run on cinders than synthetic tracks, and their consensus that it's one and a half percent slower. So if you apply a one and a half percent slowdown conversion
Video examples
Race to Get on the Water...
that ain't good a lot of people saying that all mana Fisher here early having said that I'm glad they're here I wish I were out there today fishing but I'm dead in the water right now we got a gauge that's giving us a hard time hopefully it's just one little cinder that's got us
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
quarantine this is a Sebastian's project but cinder is very kindly helping say about and doing it while he's away and on a day like today is the perfect kind of day that's it once because he wants changes in weather and clouds and all of that so it makes for a perfect day to do
Video examples
Mark Shaw: One very dry...
I'm here to show you how something you can't see can be so much fun to look at. You're about to experience a new, available and exciting technology that's going to make us rethink how we waterproof our lives. What I have here is a cinder block
Video examples
New Series PIPE Doomsday...
rebar cinder and sweat we've got the tools to survive anything if we can quit fighting long enough to use them if the end comes and we have to protect this house well nothing brings a family together like Armageddon doomsday castle a new
Video examples
Behind the Scenes Promo...
cinder and sweat we've got the tools to survive anything if we can quit fighting long enough to use them if the end comes we have to protect this house well nothing brings a family together like Armageddon doomsday castle a new
Video examples
Carsten Peter: Inside...
on the top of the cinder cone and he probably won't forget that for his life. I would have loved to stay a much longer time. Unfortunately, we were restricted and we had to go up again and made it up to the 2nd terrace
Video examples
Earth-Building Wounds PIPE...
vengeance most of the land we stand on was originally created by volcanism like this over centuries the forces of nature turned blackened cinders into weathered rock on which grass can grow life can flourish
Video examples
CA Finalist PIPE National...
all four types of volcano can be found such as frog dome shield cinder cone and Strato volcano the dominant feature of the park is lesson peak the largest plant tomb volcano in the world and the
Video examples
"MacGyver"-like Prison...
God and he wanted to change his life finally a month after I'd started I dug enough to get the cinder block loose I pulled it out
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
Example 1 of 1
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