nounUpper-intermediate

ember

US

/ˈɛmbɚ/

UK

/ˈembə/

Meaning

A small glowing piece of wood or coal left after a fire has mostly burned out.

आग लगभग बुझ जाने के बाद बचा लकड़ी या कोयले का छोटा, चमकता हुआ अंगारा।

Examples

“One ember glowed faintly beneath the ashes.”

glow beneath

“She carefully moved an ember away from the tent.”

move an embersafety

“A few embers remained in the fireplace after dinner.”

plural formremain in

Useful patterns

a glowing emberan ember from a fireembers remain after a firestir or fan the embers

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Common collocations

glowing emberdying emberhot emberbed of embersstir the embersembers of a fire

Common mistakes

Not natural: There was one ember left in the fireplace.

Better: There was one ember left in the fireplace.

This sentence is correct; use “embers” only when referring to more than one glowing piece.

यह वाक्य सही है; एक से ज़्यादा चमकते टुकड़ों की बात हो, तभी “embers” लिखें।

Not natural: The ember roared across the campsite.

Better: The fire roared across the campsite.

An ember is a small glowing remnant, not a large, actively burning fire.

Ember आग का छोटा, बचा हुआ चमकता टुकड़ा होता है, तेज़ी से जलती पूरी आग नहीं।

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live coalglowing coalfire coalcinder

Learner tip

An ember is a small glowing remnant of a fire; use “flame” for the actively burning part.

Ember आग के बाद बचा छोटा चमकता टुकड़ा है; जलती हुई आग की लपट के लिए “flame” कहें।

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What is an ember?

Ember किसे कहते हैं?