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
- It may be used as tinder or char.
- Is this bit of tinder and gasoline even needed
- First, the tinder is piled up in a compact heap.
- The fungus is a useful form of tinder for fire lighting.
- The tinder is lit, and the kindling is allowed to catch fire.
- A small fire consisting of tinder is then used to ignite kindling.
- Dry tinder can be added to the coal, and then blown on to form flames.
- Things are like a tinder box which only the slightest spark can set off.
- Once the tinder bundle bursts into flame, it is then placed into the fire lay.