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cinders

  • plural
    of cinder.
    cinder
    noun
    a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.

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She walked its wall-less rooms, cinders crunching beneath her feet.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 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, the woman tried to flag down people driving past for a ride.

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2023

“Gawk at a bunch of implements in the Montezuma railroad yard with all those cinders underfoot?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck