Smolder (Noun)
Meaning
A fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The smolder in the fireplace had been burning for hours, filling the room with a thick haze of smoke.
- As the firefighters approached the scene, they could see a smolder coming from the wreckage of the burned-out building.
- The smolder in the ashes seemed to be getting stronger, and before long it would erupt into a full-blown blaze.
- After the fire had been extinguished, a smolder remained, filling the air with a noxious cloud of smoke.
- The embers continued to smolder long after the flames had died out, casting a faint glow in the dark.