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Meanings of
tinder
in English
Russian
трут
Portuguese
acendalha
Catalan
esca
Spanish
yesca
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Combustible material used to ignite fire by rudimentary methods.
Related terms
use
Russian
трут
Portuguese
esporra
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Material for starting a fire.
punk
kindling
spunk
touchwood
Portuguese
esporra
Synonyms
Examples for "
punk
"
punk
kindling
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
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.
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
tinder
in English
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.
6
The spark fell on the
tinder
,
and at once began to extend.
7
And as soon as this
tinder
lights we'll see each other better.
8
Surely somewhere in that spacious bed-chamber there would be
tinder
-
box
and matches.
9
I'd struck the match and held it to the
tinder
as well.
10
I will go down to the stream again, to light the
tinder
.
11
You'll need to transfer the ember to the
tinder
pile very carefully.
12
The mayor was busy trying to strike a spark to his
tinder
.
13
The package flew open and the sticks and
tinder
fell out, stone-cold.
14
This niter-soaked fabric I thought might serve as
tinder
for the spark.
15
A scarlet
tinder
-
box
glowed among a pile of books on the nightstand.
16
The boy reddened
tinder
his sunburn and freckles, and hung his head.
Other examples for "tinder"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
tinder
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
dry tinder
more tinder
much tinder
burn like tinder
good tinder
More collocations
Translations for
tinder
Russian
трут
Portuguese
acendalha
esporra
Catalan
esca
Spanish
yesca
Tinder
through the time
Tinder
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common