TINDER

Tinder

Tinder is easily combustible material used to ignite fires by rudimentary methods. A small fire consisting of tinder is then used to ignite kindling. Anything that can be ignited by a match can be considered tinder; or by more rigorous definition, anything that begins to glow under a shower of sparks. The more restrictive definition is important in the study of survival skills, which redefines kindling as material requiring a match to ignite it.

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tinder

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To set fire to; torch.


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