Definition of "cinders" [cinders]

• Plural form of cinder. (noun)
• Fragments of lava; scoria (noun)

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• "These products of an explosive volcano are sometimes called cinders and ashes, because of their resemblance to the slag and refuse of furnaces."
• ""If you can separate the cinders from the grain before the first sign of dawn, I will be your wife," she said, and left the room with her maidens."
• "Among those buried in the cinders are the dusky-eyed heroine and her friend mother."