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Definition of Tinder

1. Noun. Material for starting a fire.

Definition of Tinder

1. n. Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

Definition of Tinder

1. Noun. small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tinder

1. readily combustible material [n -S] : TINDERY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinder

Literary usage of Tinder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"The flint, steel, and tinder were usually kept together in a circular tinder-box, ... Though I have tried hundreds of times with this tinder-box, ..."

2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... but indeed will do nothing for him; whose leaves are fair, but their heart good for nothing but to be tinder for the devil's tinder-box. ..."

3. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"The first story had sprung into existence, and the 'tinder-Box' drew ... Happy is he who has found his 'tinder- box.'" The translation is by HW Dulcken. ..."

4. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"The flint, steel, and tinder were usually kept together in a circular tinder-box, ... Though I have tried hundreds of times with this tinder-box, ..."

5. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... but indeed will do nothing for him; whose leaves are fair, but their heart good for nothing but to be tinder for the devil's tinder-box. ..."

6. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"The first story had sprung into existence, and the 'tinder-Box' drew ... Happy is he who has found his 'tinder- box.'" The translation is by HW Dulcken. ..."

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