Definitions for tinder
ˈtɪn dərtin·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punknoun

   material for starting a fire

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tindernoun

   small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tindernoun

   Any thing eminently inflammable placed to catch fire.

   Etymology: tyndre, tendre , Saxon.

   Strike on the tinder ho!
   Give me a taper. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   To these shameless pastimes were their youth admitted, thereby adding, as it were, fire to tinder. George Hakewill.

   Where sparks and fire do meet with tinder,
   Those sparks more fire will still engender. John Suckling.

   Whoever our trading with England would hinder,
   To inflame both the nations do plainly conspire;
   Because Irish linen will soon turn to tinder,
   And wool it is greasy, and quickly takes fire. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tinder

   Tinder is easily combustible material used to start a fire. Tinder is a finely divided, open material which will begin to glow under a shower of sparks. Air is gently wafted over the glowing tinder until it bursts into flame. The flaming tinder is used to ignite kindling, which in turn is used to ignite the bulk material, to produce a fire.Tinder can be made of any flammable substance, as long as it is finely divided and has an open structure.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tinder

   Tinder is a flammable material used for igniting a fire through a spark or friction. It is typically dry and readily combustible. The term is also widely recognized as the name of a popular online dating app that allows users to connect with others in their local area, via mutual right swipes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Tindernoun

   something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen

WikidataRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

1. Tinder

   Tinder is easily combustible material used to ignite fires by rudimentary methods. A small fire consisting of tinder is then used to ignite kindling. Anything that can be ignited by a match can be considered tinder; or by more rigorous definition, anything that begins to glow under a shower of sparks. The more restrictive definition is important in the study of survival skills, which redefines kindling as material requiring a match to ignite it. Materials commonly used as tinder: ⁕Dry pine needles, leaves or grass ⁕Birch bark ⁕Dead, standing goldenrod ⁕Cloth, lint, or frayed rope ⁕Char cloth ⁕Cotton swabs, tampons ⁕Paper, paper towels, toilet paper, etc. ⁕Dry bread or knäckebröd and shoe polish ⁕Punk wood or charred wood ⁕Some types of fungus ⁕Bird down ⁕Small twigs ⁕Fatwood, also known as rich pine or pine knot. ⁕Fine-grade soap-coated steel wool ⁕Shaved magnesium or other alkaline earth metals Whichever material is used, the thinner it is and the more surface there is, and especially edges, the more easily it will ignite. With wood, this can be achieved by shaving slivers off it. One method to keep these together is to make a feather stick. The best wood from a tree is dead branches that have not fallen to the ground yet.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Tinder

   tin′dėr, n. anything used for kindling fire from a spark.—n. Tin′der-box, a box in which tinder is kept.—adjs. Tin′der-like (Shak.), inflammable as tinder; Tin′dery, irascible. [A.S. tynder; Ice. tundr, Ger. zunder. The root is found in A.S. tendan, Ger. zünden, to kindle.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TINDER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tinder is ranked #26727 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tinder surname appeared 911 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tinder.
   
   88.3% or 805 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.9% or 36 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Igniter

Anagrams for tinder »

1. dirten

2. rident

How to pronounce tinder?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tinder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tinder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of tinder in a Sentence

1. Steve Dean:

   Tinder says, ‘Do whatever the hell you want; we’re just going to show you people who are nearby and likely to start talking to you,’?.

2. Greg Blatt:

   Payment and renewal rates( for Tinder) came in solidly against expectations.

3. Anjali Sud:

   I absolutely believe (Vimeo) can be as big as Tinder, i very much believe there is plenty of opportunity for growth and all the signs that we see I think are proving that.

4. Claire Tran:

   I feel like if I were escaping a life-threatening hurricane that could destroy my house I wouldn’t even be changing my bio and trying swiping on Tinder.

5. Patrick Register:

   I imagine most candidates wouldn’t want to do it because all of a sudden you’re going to have to explain why you have a Tinder profile. i have this forum that’s letting women of no filter — every age, race background, family, no family — I’m able to have these back and forth, one-on-one conversations and I’m getting amazing things.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tinder
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tinder
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tinder
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinder
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tinder
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tinder
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tinder
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html