embers
Noun
Meaning
embers
plural of ember
embers pl (plural only)
The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Why did I become a writer? A bird's feather on my windowpane in winter and all at once there arose in my heart a battle of embers never to subside again.
Goodnight! Now dwindle wan and low The embers of the afterglow, And slowly over leaf and lawn Is twilight's dewy curtain drawn.
Yet it was the impression that the unknown master has set out to create, Phoenix-like, from the dying embers of a great legend. He had captured, and held for all future ages to see, that beauty whose service is the purpose of life, and it sole justification.
Under white ashes lie often glowing embers.
To get the warmth of fire one must stir the embers.
There should be good embers after a good fire.