tinder
To set fire to; torchTo set fire to; torch.
» Tom used part of an old wasp's nest as a tinder to get his campfire started.
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1 sensesTo set fire to; torch.
Examples
41 sentencesTom used part of an old wasp's nest as a tinder to get his campfire started.
Kindling is just as important as tinder.
Tom used tinder to light the fire.
Mary used tinder to light the campfire.
Ziri struck the flint to ignite the tinder.
Origin
From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-GeFrom Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.
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Forms
tinders, tindering, tindered, tinderedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.