Smoulder (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 fire pit was reduced to a smoulder by morning, its ashes still warm from the night before.
- After a few hours of raging flames, the campfire subsided into a gentle smoulder that seemed to burn for hours.
- A strong gust of wind transformed the smoulder into a raging inferno, catching the surrounding brush on fire.
- For hours the remains of the log fire remained a smoulder, a hazy smoke wafting up from the dark coals.
- When they awoke, they saw that the once-fierce bonfire had died down to a small smoulder, casting eerie shadows around the clearing.