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Cinder

Noun

Definition: A small piece of partly or completely burned material, typically coal, wood, or charcoal, that has ceased to burn but still has combustible matter in it.

Example Sentence: After the bonfire, we found some cinders still smoldering in the morning.

Noun

Definition: A fragment of volcanic lava or rock expelled by a volcano.

Example Sentence: The landscape was covered with black cinders after the volcanic eruption.

Noun

Definition: A person or thing that is unattractive or dull.

Example Sentence: She felt like a cinder as she watched the glamorous models on the runway.

Verb

Definition: Reduce to cinders by partial or complete burning.

Example Sentence: The fire cindered everything in its path, leaving destruction behind.