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Word entry · 6 letters

tinder

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"Fire-starting material"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪn.dəː/Part of speech nounSorted deinrtStarts with TEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. material for starting a fire

Word origin

From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.

Used in a sentence

  • Strike on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]
  • Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?
  • So sure, she’s a romantic, but quite a pragmatic one. “I was just thinking, ‘You know what? I’ve had shit luck with boys. I’ll try Tinder, Bumble and Love Island.’”

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