TINDER

kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk

(noun) material for starting a fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tinder (countable and uncountable, plural tinders)

Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc, used to help light a fire.

Usage notes

Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.

Coordinate terms

• kindling

Verb

tinder (third-person singular simple present tinders, present participle tindering, simple past and past participle tindered)

(transitive) To set fire to; torch.

Anagrams

• dirten, rident, trined

Proper noun

Tinder (plural Tinders)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tinder is the 26727^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 911 individuals. Tinder is most common among White (88.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

• dirten, rident, trined

Source: Wiktionary

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Tin"der, n. Etym: [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. tönder. See Tind.]

Definition: Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen. German tinder. Same as Amadou.

– Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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