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Meanings of
kindling
in English
Portuguese
esporra
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Material for starting a fire.
punk
tinder
spunk
touchwood
Portuguese
esporra
Portuguese
ignição
Catalan
encesa
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The act of setting something on fire.
firing
lighting
inflammation
ignition
Portuguese
ignição
Synonyms
Examples for "
punk
"
punk
tinder
spunk
touchwood
Examples for "
punk
"
1
As for Bolton, he defines
'
punk
'
in terms of how it looks.
2
The
punk
-
at
-
heart
trio won't stop making new music anytime soon, Armstrong says.
3
The parasite is not just a
punk
out having a good time.
4
That's why it's often compared to the
punk
rock movement, he said.
5
What he cherished about
punk
four decades ago was the DIY aspect.
1
That is the second stage in the story,-thespark on the
tinder
.
2
I wonder if that works? Not surprisingly, coconut husk is great
tinder
.
3
The bark of the cedar tree is a good source of
tinder
.
4
She has been bid in-probablyby some
tinder
-
strapper
of
the big pirates.
5
Presently a small flame appeared in the
tinder
,
and leaped eagerly upward.
1
Hildemara had shown real
spunk
that day, and at other times, too.
2
She's got
spunk
enough to waak to Lunnon if she'd a mind.
3
All the guys smile, like they enjoy a chick with some
spunk
.
4
Kotex and rubbers snared and flapping, full of Middleton
spunk
and blood.
5
Edward talked about the
spunk
of the British fighting our war.
1
There was no moisture there, and his mouth was as dry as
touchwood
.
2
The kitchen door-post is now as rotten as
touchwood
;
no bolt will fasten it.
3
He seized the dry stick again and scraped off another little pile of
touchwood
.
4
First she gathered wreckwood and straw, and struck flint over
touchwood
and teened a fire.
5
The old man fumbled with a finger, scraping together the flakes of
touchwood
in a tinder-box.
Usage of
kindling
in English
1
He arranged
kindling
in the fireplace and touched a match to it.
2
Cocaine was used to accentuate, and dextrorphan to attenuate the
kindling
process.
3
A spark spell caught the text and then set the
kindling
aflame.
4
She didn't bother with
kindling
:
there were advantages to being a red.
5
Mary Ogeke in Nigeria, gathering
kindling
for boiling water, is my favorite.
6
For
kindling
-
wood
he tore off splinters from the edges of the boards.
7
His speech was planned merely to lay the
kindling
for the fire.
8
The little sister gazed from one to the other with
kindling
eyes.
9
We are
kindling
a fire which may yet consume royalty in Virginia.
10
Such methods of
kindling
fire were those familiar to the prehistoric Romans.
11
Only shapeless fragments and bundles of
kindling
wood dangled from the davits.
12
Then the
kindling
shout that brought the blood to ten thousand faces:
13
The tinker was
kindling
preparations for his tea, under the tawny umbrella.
14
But still, you know it's there, down where you can't see,
kindling
.
15
The terrible,
slow
-
kindling
anger of this Northerner made Durnovo catch his breath.
16
He poked the fire, moving the logs, and added some more
kindling
.
Other examples for "kindling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
kindling
kindle
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dry kindling
little kindling
make kindling
much kindling
own kindling
More collocations
Translations for
kindling
Portuguese
esporra
ignição
inflamações
inflamação
Catalan
encesa
Kindling
through the time
Kindling
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common