to smolder
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- verb
- /ˈsmoʊldər/
- US
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humear
- After the campfire died down, the ashes still smoldered for hours.
- smoldering fire
- smoldering embers
- smoldering garbage
We're starting to smolder until the logs are getting hot, pine set bubbling out of them.
- We're starting to smolder until the logs are getting hot, pine set bubbling out of them.
Examples
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And in the fireplace, dried dung smoldered beneath the big cookpot.
Fiction book (1998) -
Deep peat fires can smolder below the surface for months and are difficult to extinguish.
Academic text (2011) -
We'll lose a whole day!" The log began to smolder, filling the room with smoke.
Fiction book (1993) -
Yes, the building is still smoldering.
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The fires in the Twin Towers continued to smolder for approximately three months after the attack.
Academic text (2009) -
The entire facility is smoldering, the last remnants of the fire burning itself to extinction.
Fiction book (1996) -
As the ROTC building smoldered, Kent Mayor Satrom called in the Ohio National Guard.
Academic text (2000) -
Crows swirled above the roof like ashes rising from a smoldering fire.
Academic text (2012) -
Then, through the pervasive aroma of spicy grilled meats, John detected smoldering sweetgrass.
Fiction book (1996) -
Stoves nearby began to hiss, and the fetid smoldering dung from Old Delhi breakfasts leached into the air.
Fiction book (1996)
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Etymology
Smolder comes from an old word related to smoke, and it originally described a fire that 'burns slowly with smoke and no flame'. So when something smolders it quietly gives off heat and smoke instead of bright flames.