ember
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɛmbər/
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brasa
- Be careful when stirring the embers; they can easily reignite if disturbed.
- glowing embers
- smoldering embers
- burning embers
This might seem as futile as looking for a live ember in lifeless Gray ashes.
- This might seem as futile as looking for a live ember in lifeless Gray ashes.
- Besides the mud oven, two wild boar heads sizzling sizzled in a cradle of embers.
- You know, I want to be able to see the embers, but I don't want to see this the sweat dripping off the your ass.
Examples
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The fire in Lindens Lee had dwindled to embers, and those embers shone like red stars now.
Fiction book (1992) -
The fire was low and would be nothing but smoldering embers in another thirty minutes.
Fiction book (1994) -
Those embers must turn to flame.
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My friend, you would be blowing on the embers of a fire which must be allowed to die.
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If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smoulders, a fire will eventually break out.
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You have rekindled the long-dormant embers of purpose in our lives.
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As the fire burns down to glowing red embers, the pots are buried in the ashes.
Academic text (2007) -
In the kitchen, Jean-Baptiste banked the embers, from which a thread of smoke drifted upward.
Fiction book (1993) -
The campfire had died down to glowing embers, still radiating warmth on the chilly night.
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After the fire was extinguished, only a few embers remained, casting a soft red glow in the dark.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small glowing piece left from a fire
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5.0
A small piece of partly burned wood or coal that is still hot
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8.8
A piece of wood taken from a fire that is burning
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7.2
A piece of burning wood that people use to start a fire
A small piece of glowing coal from a fire that gives heat
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Etymology
Ember comes from an old word that meant 'glowing coal'. So, an ember is a small piece of wood or coal that still glows after a fire, like the tiny heart of the fire that can start a new flame.