Thesaurus: ember

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1. n. A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.
2. a. Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
3. n. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
4. A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in theplural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains ofa fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.
5. n:100 n. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering