tinder
Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fireSmall dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
» Tom used part of an old wasp's nest as a tinder to get his campfire started.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
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- material for starting a fire
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.
Translations
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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
plural: tindersSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable