cinder

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. An ember.
3. Slag from a metal furnace.
4. (colloquial, dated) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.

Verb

1. (transitive) To reduce to cinders.
2. (transitive) To cover with cinders.

Synonyms

ash

slag

scoria

ember

dross

clinker

charcoal

powder

scum

gangue

hearth

lees

refuse

residue

scrap

sinter

spark

pan breeze

furnace slag

non-volatile residue

iron cake

press residues

tank waste

engine ash

coal cinder

coal waste

coal slag

coal refuse

blight

breeze

burn

cinders

daub

dregs

dust

froth

Translations

as

ceniza

Asche

cenere

cendre

cinis

slak

🐌

kül

brace

carbonilla

sintel

spodium

tizzone

arî

tison

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪndɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cinder

Inherited from Old English: sinder

Cognate with Scots: sinder

Cognate with Western Frisian: sindel

Cognate with Dutch: sintel

Cognate with Middle Low German: sinder

Cognate with German: Sinter

Cognate with Danish: sinder

Cognate with Swedish: sinder

Cognate with Icelandic: sindur

Cognate with Church Slavic: сѧдра

In summary

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.