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tinder
English
Etymology
From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundr?, *tundr? (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German zünden (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?nd?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?t?nd??/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(r)
- Homophone: tender (pen-pin merger)
Noun
tinder (countable and uncountable, plural tinders)
- Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
Usage notes
Tinder refers to the first stage of building a fire: sparks light tinder, which then lights kindling, which then lights the main fire.
Coordinate terms
- kindling
Derived terms
- tinder box, tinderbox
Related terms
- teend
Translations
Verb
tinder (third-person singular simple present tinders, present participle tindering, simple past and past participle tindered)
- (transitive) To set fire to; torch.
- Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?
References
Anagrams
- dirten, rident, trined
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tunder, tender, tonder, tyndre, tyndir, tendre, tundir, tundur, tundyr
Etymology
From Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tind?r/, /?tund?r/, /?t?nd?r/
Noun
tinder (uncountable)
- tinder, firestarters
Descendants
- English: tinder
- Scots: tunder, tundir
References
- “tinder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
tinder m
- indefinite plural of tind
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tinner
English
Etymology
tin +? -er
Noun
tinner (plural tinners)
- A tinsmith.
- A worker in a tin mine.
- The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.
Anagrams
- intern, netrin
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- what does thinner mean
- what do toners do
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- thinner is used for
- what are tinner snips used for
- what is tinnery works
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