1. present participle of cinder; to reduce to cinders or ashes by burning
2. to cover or surface with cinders
Usage: chiefly British

1. the process or result of burning something to cinders

Examples

• The intense heat was cindering the wooden beams of the old building.
• The forest fire left the landscape cindering and smoking for days.
• They were cindering the track with fresh cinders before the race.
• The cindering of the waste materials reduced their volume significantly.
• The volcano's eruption was cindering everything in its path.
• The old cinder track required cindering every few years to maintain its surface.