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TINDER
kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
(noun) material for starting a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 26727th 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
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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