tinder

tin·der

T0224700 (tĭn′dər)n. Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires.

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[Middle English, from Old English tynder.]

tinder

(ˈtɪndə) n1. (Forestry) dry wood or other easily combustible material used for lighting a fire2. anything inflammatory or dangerous: his speech was tinder to the demonstrators' unrest. [Old English tynder; related to Old Norse tundr, Old High German zuntara] ˈtindery adj

tin•der

(ˈtɪn dər)

n. 1. a highly flammable material formerly used for starting a fire by catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together. 2. any dry, easily ignitable substance. [before 900; Middle English; Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntara, Old Norse tundr tinder, Old High German zunten to kindle, Gothic tundnan to burn] tin′der•y, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tinder - material for starting a fire kindling, spunk, touchwood, punkigniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

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