Plural of cinder

regular plural

The plural of cinder is cinders.

Forms of cinder

No, sir; do what we might it had us beaten to cold cinders.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry obiter dictum
Of the ships and the stockade nothing remained but hot cinders.1921, John Buchan, The Path of the King, New York: George H. Doran, page 31. From the entry blood-eagle
I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet.1992, Hugh Ruppersburg, Georgia Voices: Fiction, →ISBN, page 460. From the entry boy howdy
Behind the colossal clouds of smoke and cinders they put out come a seemingly-endless stream of dreadnoughts, battle flags flying from every mast and line they can find.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 18:32 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original…. From the entry dreadnought
Eventually, all the stars would burn out, and the universe would consist of the dead cinders of stars, black holes, and uncountable googolplexes of cubic light-years of cold, empty space.2014, John [Herbert] Varley, Dark Lightning, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN. From the entry googolplex

noun Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
noun An ember.
noun Slag from a metal furnace.

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