| Ember 1. (n.) A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. 2. (a.) Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts. Thesaurus Entries alluvion, alluvium, ash, brand, burning ember, cinder, clinker, coal, deposition, deposits, diluvium, draff, dregs, dross, feces, firebrand, froth, grounds, lees, live coal, loess, moraine, offscum, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scum, sediment, settlings, silt, sinter, slag, smut, soot, sublimate |