tinder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tin=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

tinder, 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. tönder. See Tind.].

 Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.  [1913 Webster]

German tinder. Same as Amadou. -- Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tinder, n. a dry substance such as wood that readily catches fire from a spark.

Idiom

tinder-box hist. a box containing tinder, flint, and steel, formerly used for kindling fires.

Derivative

tindery adj.

Etymology

OE tynder, tyndre f. Gmc

ROGET THESAURUS

tinder

Fuel

N fuel, firing, combustible, coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale, turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log, cinder, ingle, tinder, touchwood, sulphur, brimstone, incense, port-fire, fire-barrel, fireball, brand, amadou, bavin, blind coal, glance coal, German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge, solid fueled rocket, wax, paraffin wax, paraffin oil, lamp oil, whale oil, oil, petroleum, gasoline, high octane gasoline, nitromethane, petrol, gas, juice, gasohol, alcohol, ethanol, methanol, fuel oil, kerosene, jet fuel, heating oil, number 2 oil, number 4 oil, naphtha, rocket fuel, high specific impulse fuel, liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, lox, natural gas, synthetic gas, synthesis gas, propane, butane, hydrogen, brand, torch, fuse, wick, spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco, linstock, candle, oil, carbonaceous, combustible, inflammable, high octane, high specific impulse, heat of combustion.