Definitions for: Cinder


[n] a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire



Webster (1913) Definition: Cin"der (s[i^]n"d[~e]r), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross;
akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel;
perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf.
Sinter.]
1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in
which fire is extinct.

2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. --Swift.

3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.

4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.

Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of
a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.

Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace,
through which melted cinder flows out.

Synonyms: clinker

See Also: fragment

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