The meaning of Ember

noun

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

Usage examples:

Cigarette ash

noun

A tree with compound leaves, winged fruits, and hard pale timber, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions.

Usage examples:

The woods most often used for balsamic include chestnut, ash tree, cherry, mulberry, juniper and oak.

plural noun

The ash left after a dead body has been cremated (= burned)

Usage examples:

My grandmother’s ashes were scattered over this lake.

noun

A porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air.

Usage examples:

When burnt, charcoal gives off carbon monoxide which can kill in a confined space.

verb

Cook over charcoal.

Usage examples:

We charcoaled a couple of t-bone steaks

noun

A hard, black substance similar to coal that can be used as fuel or, in the form of sticks, as something to draw with

Usage examples:

A charcoal gray suit

noun

A small piece of partly burnt coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it.

Usage examples:

A cold hearth full of cinders

noun

A small piece of partly burned coal or wood

Usage examples:

Get rid of the cinders before you build a new fire.

noun

The stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace.

Usage examples:

The expected decrease of duty on cement and clinker from rs 400 per tonne to rs 350 per tonne didn'…

noun

Something that is unsatisfactory, of poor quality, or a failure.

Usage examples:

Marketing couldn't save such clinkers as these films

noun

The ash (= powder) and rough, hard pieces that remain after coal has been burned

noun

A small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used.

Usage examples:

The fine residue left after the sorting of tea