burn to a cinder
1burn to a cinder — index burn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2burn to a cinder — v. burn to ashes …
3burn — I verb blaze, blister, brand, burn to a cinder, burst into flame, catch fire, cauterize, char, conflagrate, consume, cremate, deflagrate, enkindle, fire, flame up, flare, gut, ignite, incandesce, incendiarize, incinerate, inflame, kindle, light… …
4burn something to a cinder — burn sth to a ˈcinder/ˈcrisp idiom to cook sth for too long or with too much heat, so that it becomes badly burnt Main entry: ↑burnidiom …
5burn something to a crisp — informal phrase to burn something completely The dinner was burned to a crisp. Thesaurus: to burn somethingsynonym Main entry: crisp * * * burn something completely, leaving only a charred remnant * * * …
6cinder — [sin′dər] n. [ME & OE sinder, dross of iron, slag < IE base * sendhro , coagulating fluid > Ger sinter, dross of iron, stalactite, sintern, to trickle, coagulate, Czech śadra, gypsum] 1. slag, as from the reduction of metallic ores 2. a… …
7burn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ horrific (esp. BrE), nasty, serious, severe, terrible ▪ minor, slight, superficial ▪ …
8burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ …
9burn — 1 verb past and past participle burnt or burned FIRE 1 PRODUCE HEAT (I) to produce heat and flames: Is the fire still burning? 2 DESTROY WITH FIRE (I, T) to be destroyed by fire or destroy something with fire: burn sth: I burnt all his old… …
10burn out — verb a) To extinguish due to lack of fuel. The candle finally burned out. b) To tire due to overwork. Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its… …