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embers

embers is the plural of ember.

Meaning of ember

Noun

ember (plural embers)

  1. A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
  2. Smoldering ash.

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Noun

embers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
    • Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us / To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side1994, Polly Samson, David Gilmour, “High Hopes”, in The Division Bell, performed by Pink Floyd

Words formed from embers

Phrases with embers

Questions about embers

What does embers mean?
Embers means the smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
What is embers the plural of?
Embers is the plural of ember.
What part of speech is embers?
Embers is a noun.

Words near embers in the dictionary

  1. emberizine
  2. emberless
  3. emberlike
  4. Emberling
  5. Emberlynn
  6. embers
  7. Emberton
  8. Embertons
  9. Emberá
  10. embetter
  11. embettering

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