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English Dictionary: tinder by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tinder
n
  1. material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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[94]nder. See
      {Tind}.]
      Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a
      spark, as scorched linen.
  
      {German tinder}. Same as {Amadou}.
  
      {Tinder box}, a box in which tinder is kept.
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