kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
(noun) material for starting a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tinder (countable and uncountable, plural tinders)
Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc, used to help light a fire.
Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.
• kindling
tinder (third-person singular simple present tinders, present participle tindering, simple past and past participle tindered)
(transitive) To set fire to; torch.
• dirten, rident, trined
Tinder (plural Tinders)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
28 March 2025
(noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
