Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tinder
IPA transcription: [t'ɪndɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
    Meaning: material for starting a fire
Usage examples
  • So saying, he drew out a small skin wallet, which contained his tinder of "punk," along with his flint and steel; and, after carefully stowing away the scrap of paper, he returned the sack to his pocket.
  • Gunpowder.--To carry Gunpowder.--Wrap it up in flannel or leather, not in paper, cotton, or linen; because these will catch fire, or smoulder like tinder, whilst the former will do neither the one nor the other. Gunpowder carried in a goat-skin bag, travels very safely.