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smoulder verb [ ˈsməʊldə ]

• burn slowly with smoke but no flame.
• "the bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock"
Similar: burn slowly, smoke, glow, reek,

smoulder noun

• smoke coming from a smouldering fire.
• "the last acrid smoulder of his cigarette"
Origin: late Middle English: related to Dutch smeulen .


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