cinder
noun
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
cinders
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pluralof cinder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At 91, he never imagined starting his life over again in tiny rented apartments, with decades of memories in cinders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
"I've been relieved from the burden of my stuff because it's all in cinders."
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Burning characters to cinders does little but to flatten colonialism into a fiery spectacle.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024
As cinders rained around her, she tried to flag down people driving past to get a ride out while staying on the line with the dispatcher.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Eric and the boy I thought was named Ben gathered broken branches of driftwood from the drier piles against the forest edge, and soon had a teepee-shaped construction built atop the old cinders.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
