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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. material for starting a fire;
[syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tinder \Tin"der\, 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. t["o]nder. 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tinder n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk]