a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
any dry substance that readily takes fire from a spark.
Origin of tinder
before 900; Middle English; Old English tynder; akin to German Zunder,Old Norse tundr,Old English -tendan (as in ātendan to set on fire), Gothic tundnan to catch fire, German -zünden in entzünden to kindle
Words nearby tinder
tinct, tinctorial, tincture, tin cup, Tindal, tinder, tinderbox, tindery, tin difluoride, tine, tinea
The climate crisis has warmed and dried that tinder, leading to five of the six largest fires in California history just this year.
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse.|by Elizabeth Weil and Mollie Simon|October 2, 2020|ProPublica
The fires follow a bone-dry winter in Northern California and a stretch of record-setting summer heat waves across the state, conditions that effectively turned grasslands and forests into tinder.
Yes, climate change is almost certainly fueling California’s massive fires|James Temple|August 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Things began to look up, she said in the post, when she met Phelps, 29, on Tinder.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When you met him on Tinder were you initially thinking of this as a hook-up or a relationship?
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He juices with vegetables, romances on Tinder, and shops for rustic furniture built with reclaimed materials.
Trading Dime Bags for Salvador Dali|Jason McGahan|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sparks made by striking fell on the tinder and caught it on fire here and there.
The Story Of My Life From Childhood To Manhood|Georg Ebers
When I blow on the tinder my object is to nourish the flame.
The Story of a Tinder-box|Charles Meymott Tidy
The first point we discussed was the preparation of the tinder.
The Story of a Tinder-box|Charles Meymott Tidy
If its fluffy end be rubbed into a little dry gunpowder, its property as tinder is greatly improved.
The Art of Travel|Francis Galton
The store building was dry as tinder and burned very rapidly.
Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888|Various
British Dictionary definitions for tinder
tinder
/ (ˈtɪndə) /
noun
dry wood or other easily combustible material used for lighting a fire
anything inflammatory or dangeroushis speech was tinder to the demonstrators' unrest
Derived forms of tinder
tindery, adjective
Word Origin for tinder
Old English tynder; related to Old Norse tundr, Old High German zuntara