cinder vs pebble

cinder

noun
  • Slag from a metal furnace. 

  • Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc. 

  • An ember. 

verb
  • To cover with cinders. 

  • To reduce to cinders. 

pebble

noun
  • A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains. 

  • A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

  • Transparent and colourless rock crystal. 

  • A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water. 

  • A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface. 

verb
  • To pave with pebbles. 

  • To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game. 

  • To deposit water droplets on the ice. 

  • To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences. 

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