01 n. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.
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1.
Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.
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2.
A hot coal without flame; an ember.
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3.
A scale thrown off in forging metal.
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4.
The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano.
Phrases & compounds
Cinder frame —
a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders.
Cinder notch —
the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.