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Language: Old English
Origin: sinder; influenced by French cendre 'ashes'

cinder

 noun
     
cin‧der [countable usually plural]
a very small piece of burnt wood, coal etc:
a cold hearth full of cinders
The cake was burnt to a cinder (=completely burnt).
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