tinder

Examples

• All

• Roadside weeds and forest underbrush are dry as tinder.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The tinder had already been set, perhaps for days, in anticipation of this moment.

  Fiction book (1996)

• "The fire had started in the old barn, which was dry as tinder after three weeks with no rain.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "Working quickly, she built a mound of tinder and wood in the firepit and set it to blazing.

  Fiction book (1994)

• With the electronic firestarter from her survival kit, Linna lit a tiny bundle of tinder on the hearth, her fingers clumsy with cold.

  Fiction book (2000)

• He gathered dried leaves and small twigs as tinder for the fire.

• To ignite the fireplace, add some tinder under the logs.

Synonyms

K

kindling

vstinder

9 2.2

Small dry sticks used to start a fire

is finer material that catches the initial spark rather than larger starter pieces

P

punk

vstinder

• Specialized

8 9.9

A dry, spongy material used to start a fire

is quick to catch a spark rather than slow to burn

S

spunk

vstinder

• Archaic

1 9.9

A dry material used to start a fire

is the modern common term rather than the earlier form

T

touchwood

vstinder

• Archaic

9.9

Dry wood used to start a fire

is the general name for dry material used to catch a spark

How Flammable

tinder

15 4.5

kindling

9 2.2

Surface Forms

Etymology