tinder
IPA: tˈɪndɝ
noun
- Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
- A surname.
- An online dating and geosocial networking application, launched in 2012, in which users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles.
verb
- (transitive) To set fire to; torch.
- (social media, intransitive) To use the dating application Tinder.
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Examples of "tinder" in Sentences
- The sparks flew as the tinder caught fire, quickly igniting the logs in the fireplace
- She swiped through the tinder app, hoping to find a potential match for a coffee date
- The old man gathered dry tinder from the forest floor to start a campfire for his grandchildren
- The tinderbox contained flint, steel, and dry tinder for starting a fire in case of emergencies
- We used a piece of char cloth as tinder to start the campfire during our backpacking trip
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