TINDER-DRY

Meaning of TINDER-DRY in English

ˈtinder-dry BrE AmE adjective

extremely dry and likely to burn very easily:

The whole forest is tinder-dry.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

TINDER-DRY — ■ adjective extremely dry and flammable.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TINDER-DRY — tinder-dry BrE AmE ˌtɪnd ə ˈdraɪ ◂ AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TINDER-DRY — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He then threw them on to the ground in the tinder-dry hay loft without putting …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TINDER — tindre
English interlingue dictionary
TINDER — ighahaling
English-Visayan vocabulary
TINDER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntra ~, Old English tendan to kindle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DRY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=dry cleaning">dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Английский словарь Британика
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er -ī(ə)r, -īə ; dri·est also dry·est -īə̇st) Etymology: Middle English drie, dry, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TINDER — ˈtində(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tynder, tyndre; akin to Old High German zuntra tinder, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TINDER — (n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Английский словарь Webster
TINDER — ( n. ) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY — ( a. ) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TINDER — /tin"deuhr/ , n. 1. a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRY — — dryable , adj. — dryly , adv. — dryness , n. /druy/ , adj., drier, driest , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TINDER — n. easily flammable material
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er ˈdrī(-ə)r ; dri·est also dry·est ˈdrī-əst) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drȳge; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TINDER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntra tinder, Old English tendan to kindle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TINDER — noun something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Webster English vocab
DRY — superl of the eyes: not shedding tears. 2. dry ·superl of persons: thirsty; needing drink. 3. dry ·vi to shrivel …
Webster English vocab
TINDER — ■ noun dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, used for lighting a fire. Derivatives ~y adjective Origin OE …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TINDER — [tin.der] n [ME, fr. OE tynder; akin to OHG zuntra tinder, OE tendan to kindle] (bef. 12c) 1: a very …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRY — [dry] adj dri.er also dry.er ; dri.est also dry.est [ME, fr. OE dryge; akin to OHG truckan dry, OE dreahnian …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TINDER — tinder BrE AmE ˈtɪnd ə AmE \ - ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DRY — dry BrE AmE draɪ ▷ dried draɪd ▷ drier, dryer ˈdra ɪ ‿ə AmE \ ˈdraɪ‿ ə r ▷ dries …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TINDER — / ˈtɪndə(r); NAmE / noun [ U ] dry material, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — / draɪ; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( drier , dri·est ) NOT WET 1. not wet, damp …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TINDER — tin ‧ der /ˈtɪndə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tynder ] dry material …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRY — I. dry 1 S2 W2 /draɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative drier , superlative driest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TINDER — n. a dry substance such as wood that readily catches fire from a spark. øtinder-box hist. a box containing tinder, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TINDER — n. a dry substance such as wood that readily catches fire from a spark. tinder-box hist. a box containing tinder, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DRY — adj., v., & n. adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TINDER — n. a dry substance such as wood that readily catches fire from a spark. Phrases and idioms: tinder-box hist. a …
Oxford English vocab
DRY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1. free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, …
Oxford English vocab
TINDER — Tinder consists of small pieces of something dry, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRY — ( drier, or dryer, driest, dries, drying, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TINDER — Tinder consists of small pieces of something dry, especially wood or grass, that burns easily and can be used for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DRY — (drier, or ~er, driest, dries, ~ing, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TINDER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dry ▪ But Cincinnati seems to have been unusually dry tinder . EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dry cough (= one that does not produce any liquid ) a dry/wet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TINDER — [noun] [U] - small pieces of something dry that burns easily and which can be used for lighting firesWe used …
Cambridge English vocab
DRY — adj. dry lake dry cleaning dry ice dry rot Dry Tortugas National Park
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DRY — Synonyms and related words : Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRY — INDEX: 1. not wet 2. when there is not much rain 3. to become dry 4. to make something dry …
Longman Activator English vocab
DRY — adj. 25B6; adjective the dry desert : ARID, parched, droughty, scorched, baked; waterless, moistureless, rainless; dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, bone dry. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DRY — adj. 1 dehydrated, desiccated, arid, sear, parched, waterless, moistureless; barren, bare, fruitless With no rain for a month, the dry …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TINDER — сущ. 1) трут Syn : amadou 2) сухое гнилое дерево сухое гнилое дерево трут (тж. German *) (ботаника) гриб-трутовик (Polyporus …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DRY
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TINDER — Трут
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TINDER — tinder.ogg ʹtındə n 1. сухое гнилое дерево 2. трут ( тж. German tinder) 3. бот. гриб-трутовик ( Polyporus igniarius ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DRY — dry.ogg 1. draı n 1. 1> сушь; засуха 2> сухая погода 3> сухость 2. суша 3. ( pl drys draız …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TINDER — трут сухое гнилое дерево
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TINDER — (n) гриб-трутовик; трут
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TINDER — (0) сухое гнилое дерево
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TINDER — n 1. сухое гнилое дерево 2. трут ( тж. German ~) 3. бот. гриб-трутовик ( Polyporus igniarius ) ♢ to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TINDER — n 1. сухое гнилое дерево 2. трут ( тж. German tinder) 3. бот. гриб-трутовик ( Polyporus igniarius ) to burn …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DRY — 1. draı n 1. 1> сушь; засуха 2> сухая погода 3> сухость 2. суша 3. ( pl drys draız ) …
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DRY
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DRY
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DRY — 1. _a. 1> сухой - dry cough - dry bread - dry masonry - dry cell - dry battery 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DRY — 1. a. 1. сухой - dry cough - dry bread - dry masonry - dry cell - dry battery 2. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DRY — 1. _a. 1> сухой; dry cough сухой кашель; dry bread а> хлеб без масла; б> засохший хлеб; dry masonry _стр. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
DRY — dry n AmE infml Do you know even one dry? Ты знаешь хоть одного трезвенника? dry adj infml 1. She's …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
TINDER — сущ. 1) трут Syn : amadou 2) сухое гнилое дерево сухое гнилое дерево трут (тж. German *) (ботаника) гриб-трутовик (Polyporus …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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