fire starternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfaɪə ˌstɑː.tər//ˈfaɪr ˌstɑːr.t̬ɚ/US UK firelighter a small block of material that burns very easily and is used for helping to start wood or coal fires
a person who intentionally and illegally sets fire to something such as a building
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Starting fires
- combust
- fire
- firelighter
- ignite
- ignition
- incendiary
- kindle
- kindling
- light
- make
- make sth up
- put
- put sth out 1
- relight
- set fire to sth/sb idiom
- set sth/sb on fire idiom
- strike
- tinder
- torch
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