cinders
Ash's coarser cousin
Cinders are small pieces of partly burned material—coal, wood, or volcanic rock—that remain after combustion.
Unlike ash, cinders retain some structure and may still hold heat: The fire had died down to cinders.
Cinder blocks are lightweight building blocks made with volcanic cinders or slag.
A cinder track is a running surface made of compacted volcanic debris.
Combustion's powdery remains
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
smoke · burnt · smoldering · residue · carbon · combustion · creosote · pyrolysis
Ceasing to live
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- dimmingDecreasing in brightness
extinguishing · flickering · glowing · ebbing · dwindling · faint · lingering · dissipating
What stays after most goes
- residueMatter left behind
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
dregs · leavings · leftovers · detritus · rubble · wreckage · charred · skeletons
Indoor structure for burning
- grateFramework of metal bars
- firesideArea beside the hearth
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
- flueChimney's inner passage
andirons · poker · tongs · fireguard · hearthstone · stove · inglenook · mantelpiece
ash
Combustion's powdery remains
coal · smoke · burnt · smoldering · residue · carbon · combustion · creosote · pyrolysis · clinker
dying
Ceasing to live
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
dimming · extinguishing · flickering · glowing · ebbing · dwindling · faint · lingering · dissipating · subsiding
remnants
What stays after most goes
vestiges · dregs · leavings · leftovers · detritus · rubble · wreckage · charred · skeletons · traces
fireplace
Indoor structure for burning
flue · andirons · poker · tongs · fireguard · hearthstone · stove · inglenook · mantelpiece · ash pan
scoria
Porous volcanic ejecta
lava · eruption · basalt · crater · magma · pyroclastic · obsidian · volcanic ash
running track
Oval for foot races
- ashash, ashes, ashy, ashen, wood ash
- Cinderellaglass slipper, fairy godmother, Prince Charming, pumpkin, midnight
- hearthhearth, fireplace tools, fire irons, hearthstone, hearth fire
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
- off-roadingoff-road, 4x4s, ATVs, 4WD, four-wheel drive
- fire byproductssmoke, soot, ash, embers, char
- Cinderella storiesUnexpected success narratives
- cinder blocksHollow masonry units
- Cinderella storyImprobable rise to victory
- Cinderella CastleDisney World's central fortress
- cinder coneSteep volcanic debris hill
- Cinderella teamUnexpected tournament success story