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(as a tinder)

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  • Tinder — Tin der, n. [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. t[ o]nder. See {Tind}.] Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tinder box — Tinder Tin der, n. [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra, Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. t[ o]nder. See {Tind}.] Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • Tinder Box (CSI episode) — Infobox Television episode| Title= Tinder Box Series= Season = 1 Episode = 22 Guests= Ben Browder Airdate = May 5, 2003 Production = 122 Writer = Corey Miller Director = Episode list = Season list = Infobox CSI: Miami season 1 episode list Tinder …   Wikipedia

  • 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

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