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Italian word

cenere

ash, ashes

Looks like

censer

a container for burning incense

⚠️ The trap

Cenere (ash) and English 'censer' (incense burner) share a partial sound but are unrelated. The Italian for a censer is 'turibolo'. 'Le Ceneri' also refers to Ash Wednesday in the Catholic calendar.

To say "a container for burning incense" in Italian:

turibolo, incensiere (censer)

"cenere" in English means:

ash, ashes

Example

"Le ceneri del vulcano coprirono la città."

"The volcanic ash covered the city."

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