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as dry as a tinder

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  • Tinder — is easily combustible material used to ignite fires by rudimentary methods. A small fire consisting of tinder is then used to ignite kindling. Anything that can be ignited by a match can be considered tinder. Materials commonly used as tinder:*… …   Wikipedia

  • tinder-dry — adj extremely dry and likely to burn very easily ▪ The whole forest is tinder dry …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tinder-dry — UK US adjective extremely dry and easy to start a fire with Thesaurus: dry to the touchsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • tinder-dry — adjective extremely dry and easy to start a fire with …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • tinder — (n.) dry, inflammable substance, O.E. tynder, related to tendan to kindle, from P.Gmc. *tund ignite, kindle (Cf. Goth. tandjan, Swed. tända, Ger. zünden) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tinder — ► NOUN ▪ dry, flammable material used for lighting a fire. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • tinder — [tin′dər] n. [ME < OE tynder (akin to Ger zunder) < base of OE tendan, to kindle] any dry, easily flammable material, esp. as formerly used for starting a fire from a spark made by flint and steel struck together …   English World dictionary

  • tinder — [OE] Tinder, and its relatives German zunder, Dutch tonder, and Swedish tunder, go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *tund ‘ignite, kindle’, which also produced German anzünden, Swedish upptända, and Danish antænde ‘kindle’. Its ultimate… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • tinder — [OE] Tinder, and its relatives German zunder, Dutch tonder, and Swedish tunder, go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *tund ‘ignite, kindle’, which also produced German anzünden, Swedish upptända, and Danish antænde ‘kindle’. Its ultimate… …   Word origins

  • tinder-dry — adjective extremely dry and likely to burn very easily: The whole forest is tinder dry …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tinder — n. a dry substance such as wood that readily catches fire from a spark. Phrases and idioms: tinder box hist. a box containing tinder, flint, and steel, formerly used for kindling fires. Derivatives: tindery adj. Etymology: OE tynder, tyndre f.… …   Useful english dictionary

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