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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| ember |
| SYLLABICATION: | em·ber |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m b r |
| NOUN: | 1. A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire. 2. embers The smoldering coal or ash of a dying fire. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English embre, from Old English  merge.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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