ember
Meaning of ember
noun
- a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.
the dying embers in the grate
it rekindled in my breast the smouldering embers of liberty
Old English ǣmyrge, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German eimuria ‘pyre’, Danish emmer, Swedish mörja ‘embers’. The b was added in English for ease of pronunciation.
Information about ember
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ember is: embers.
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Hyphenation of ember
em-ber
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- ember is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
ember synonyms
Meaning coal:
Meaning a small piece of partly burnt coal or wood that has stopped giving off flames but still has combustible matter in it:
Meaning the powdery residue left after the burning of a substance:
Meaning a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used:
Meaning the stony residue from burnt coal or from a furnace:
Meaning 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:
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Words that rhyme with ember
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