TINDER


Meaning of TINDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtin-dər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntra tinder, Old English tendan to kindle

Date: before 12th century

1. : a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling

2. : something that serves to incite or inflame

that rhetoric was ready tinder for revolution — Margaret Peters

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.