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cinders

/ˈsɪndəz/

/ˈsɪndərz/

cindersnoun

cinders

Translations

cendres

The wind scattered the cinders across the yard.

Le vent a dispersé les cendres dans la cour.

Additional translations

braisesAu sens de morceaux de charbon ou de bois encore incandescents.

Definitions

Small pieces of partly burned coal or wood that have stopped giving off flames but still have combustible matter in them.

The fireplace was filled with cinders after the fire had burned out.

Ashes or fragments of ash, especially from a fire.

The wind scattered the cinders across the yard.

Synonyms

cindernoun

cinders

/ˈsɪndə/

/ˈsɪndər/

Translations

braisePour un résidu encore combustible après combustion, surtout dans un foyer.

The fireplace was filled with cinders after the fire had burned out.

La cheminée était remplie de braises après que le feu s’était éteint.

mâcheferEn métallurgie et pour le revêtement des routes.

The old railway track was ballasted with iron-smelting cinders.

L’ancienne voie ferrée était ballastée avec du mâchefer de fonderie.

scorie volcaniqueSens géologique, pour un fragment de lave ou de cendre volcanique.

The ground was covered in cinders after the volcano erupted.

Le sol était couvert de scories volcaniques après l’éruption du volcan.

Additional translations

escarbilleSens moins fréquent, pour un petit fragment brûlé de charbon ou de bois.

Definitions

A small piece of partly burned coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it.

The fireplace was filled with cinders after the fire had burned out.

A fragment of ash or lava from a volcanic eruption.

The ground was covered in cinders after the volcano erupted.

Slag or clinker from the smelting of metal or from a furnace, often used for road surfacing.

The old railway track was ballasted with iron-smelting cinders.

Synonyms

cinderverb

cinders

cindered

Past Simple

cindered

Past Participle

cindering

ing-form

/ˈsɪndə/

/ˈsɪndɚ/

Transitive and intransitive verb meaning ‘reduce to cinders’ or ‘cover with cinders’.

Translations

épandre du mâcheferPour le traitement de routes ou de surfaces avec des cinders.

After the snowstorm the council crews cindered the icy roads.

Après la tempête de neige, les équipes municipales ont épandu du mâchefer sur les routes verglacées.

carboniserQuand le sens est « brûler jusqu’à réduire en cendres ».

Lightning struck the barn and cindered the roof within minutes.

La foudre a frappé la grange et a carbonisé le toit en quelques minutes.

Definitions

To burn or scorch (something) until it is partly or entirely reduced to cinders.

Lightning struck the barn and cindered the roof within minutes.

To cover, sprinkle, or treat with cinders.

After the snowstorm the council crews cindered the icy roads.

Synonyms

cinderadjective

Definitions

Made of, covered with, or resembling cinders; relating to cinders.

Workers stacked heavy cinder blocks along the foundation.