Cinder

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• sinder obsolete

Origin

From Middle English cinder, sinder, from Old English sinder ("cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal"), from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz, *sendraz ("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 сядра ("lime cinder, gypsum"). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre ("ashes").

Full definition of cinder

Noun

1. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
2. An ember.
3. Slag from a metal furnace.

Derived terms

• cinder block
• cinder cone
• cinder frame
• cinder notch

Verb

1. (transitive) to reduce something to cinders

Anagrams

• crined
• Nerdic