TINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tinder mean? 

• TINDER (noun)
  The noun TINDER has 1 sense:

1. material for starting a fire

  Familiarity information: TINDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Material for starting a fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

kindling; punk; spunk; tinder; touchwood

Hypernyms ("tinder" is a kind of...):

igniter; ignitor; lighter (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)

 Context examples 

It burned like tinder, and by the time she reached the spot, nothing could be seen but flames.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The only circumstance which gave me any new hope, was my aunt's stopping on the stairs to inquire about a smell of fire that was prevalent there; and janet's replying that she had been making tinder down in the kitchen, of my old shirt.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A few small coins, a thimble, and some thread and big needles, a piece of pigtail tobacco bitten away at the end, his gully with the crooked handle, a pocket compass, and a tinder box were all that they contained, and I began to despair.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)