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tin·der

 (tĭn′dər)
n.
Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires.

[Middle English, from Old English tynder.]
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tinder

(ˈtɪndə)
n
1. (Forestry) dry wood or other easily combustible material used for lighting a fire
2. anything inflammatory or dangerous: his speech was tinder to the demonstrators' unrest.
[Old English tynder; related to Old Norse tundr, Old High German zuntara]
ˈtindery adj
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tin•der

(ˈtɪn dər)

n.
1. a highly flammable material formerly used for starting a fire by catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together.
2. any dry, easily ignitable substance.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntara, Old Norse tundr tinder, Old High German zunten to kindle, Gothic tundnan to burn]
tin′der•y, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tinder - material for starting a firetinder - material for starting a fire  
igniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
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Translations
troud
Zunder
yesca
sytyketaula
esca

tinder

[ˈtɪndəʳ] N (lit, fig) → yesca f
to burn like tinderarder como la yesca
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tinder

nZunder m
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tinder

[ˈtɪndəʳ] nesca
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