ember

Definition

  • noun: a glowing piece of coal or wood from a fire
  • noun: a glowing fragment (as of coal) from a fire
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: alluvion, alluvium, ash

Examples

  • He sat staring at the 'embers' in the fireplace.

Movie quotes

  • (..) but don't worry, nothing is ever lost, nor can be lost. The body sluggish, aged, cold, the embers left from earlier fires. shall duly flame again. Did you write that? No, that was Walt Whitman. I think I knew him. (..)
    2004 The Notebook