Tinder
noun
Dry, flammable material, like tiny sticks or trees' bark, used for starting fire.
He gathered some dry leaves and branches as tinder to start a campfire.
Often appears as...
- gather tinder
- light a tinder
proper noun
An app for finding people you might like to meet, based on photos and a short profile.
She met her boyfriend on Tinder.
Often appears as...
- swipe right on tinder
- tinder profile
Usage tips
Modern
noun
Dry, flammable material, like tiny sticks or trees' bark, used for starting fire.
He gathered some dry leaves and branches as tinder to start a campfire.
Often appears as...
- gather tinder
- light a tinder
proper noun
An app for finding people you might like to meet, based on photos and a short profile.
She met her boyfriend on Tinder.
Often appears as...
- swipe right on tinder
- tinder profile
Usage tips
Modern
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Fire Starting
Tinder is essential for igniting a new flame; without it, creating fire is difficult.
They used tinder to quickly start the bonfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Survival Skill
Knowing how to find and use tinder is a valuable skill in wilderness survival.
Survival training taught her to identify good tinder in the wet forest.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literally Trees
The word 'trees' in this context refers to the bark or small parts, not the entire tree.
He scraped tinder from the tree's bark, not from the tree itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Fire Starting
Tinder is essential for igniting a new flame; without it, creating fire is difficult.
They used tinder to quickly start the bonfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Survival Skill
Knowing how to find and use tinder is a valuable skill in wilderness survival.
Survival training taught her to identify good tinder in the wet forest.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literally Trees
The word 'trees' in this context refers to the bark or small parts, not the entire tree.
He scraped tinder from the tree's bark, not from the tree itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Fire Starting
Tinder is essential for igniting a new flame; without it, creating fire is difficult.
They used tinder to quickly start the bonfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Survival Skill
Knowing how to find and use tinder is a valuable skill in wilderness survival.
Survival training taught her to identify good tinder in the wet forest.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Literally Trees
The word 'trees' in this context refers to the bark or small parts, not the entire tree.
He scraped tinder from the tree's bark, not from the tree itself.
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Video examples
How to Make a Friction...
a nest I like to start out with the my longer fibers I'll just twist those around to form a little bit of a pocket with the tinder nest you want everything pretty tight so at the spindle and hearth you want something fairly light but most important it's the grain structure if
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Selling Survival:...
charred powder that turns into embers gives you a new feeling of respect when you place the embers into a pile of bark or tinder they will smolder and your next step is fire almost there if you think fire is a basic survival need what about needing to see in the dark this
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Turning Gourds Into...
frustrating things for me is mice getting in my stuff drives me crazy I really need a container that I can put the cattail fluff in that I use for my tinder bundles a friend of mine was trading a bunch of boards that she had
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Fire and Feast PIPE A...
and as the droppings evaporate in the hot sun it cools the bird in much the same way as our sweat but as the sun's heat turns the grasslands to tinder life on the savannah is about to change
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Hive Find PIPE Survive The...
helps to subdue them so before we do anything a fire has to be started everything here is bone dry and the tinder catches first time Wow who's got a fire
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How to Build a Bow Drill...
into my tinder bundle right now I'm putting facets on the spindle on the bottom edge and that's going to help create friction up here I've pointed it
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
but as the sun's heat turns the grasslands to tinder life on the savannah is about to change one spark is all it takes a fire is born
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A funny look at the...
my entire life and I can't even tell you about tinder except for the fact that if you think that there is a limit to the amount of
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The Mani Tribe's Blowgun...
spiky outer bark in the inner cambium up there. Nice. This plant fiber makes excellent tinder,
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Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
they probably met up on tinder like Steven was saying
Video examples
How to Make a Friction...
a nest I like to start out with the my longer fibers I'll just twist those around to form a little bit of a pocket with the tinder nest you want everything pretty tight so at the spindle and hearth you want something fairly light but most important it's the grain structure if
Video examples
Selling Survival:...
charred powder that turns into embers gives you a new feeling of respect when you place the embers into a pile of bark or tinder they will smolder and your next step is fire almost there if you think fire is a basic survival need what about needing to see in the dark this
Video examples
Turning Gourds Into...
frustrating things for me is mice getting in my stuff drives me crazy I really need a container that I can put the cattail fluff in that I use for my tinder bundles a friend of mine was trading a bunch of boards that she had
Video examples
Fire and Feast PIPE A...
and as the droppings evaporate in the hot sun it cools the bird in much the same way as our sweat but as the sun's heat turns the grasslands to tinder life on the savannah is about to change
Video examples
Hive Find PIPE Survive The...
helps to subdue them so before we do anything a fire has to be started everything here is bone dry and the tinder catches first time Wow who's got a fire
Video examples
How to Build a Bow Drill...
into my tinder bundle right now I'm putting facets on the spindle on the bottom edge and that's going to help create friction up here I've pointed it
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
but as the sun's heat turns the grasslands to tinder life on the savannah is about to change one spark is all it takes a fire is born
Video examples
A funny look at the...
my entire life and I can't even tell you about tinder except for the fact that if you think that there is a limit to the amount of
Video examples
The Mani Tribe's Blowgun...
spiky outer bark in the inner cambium up there. Nice. This plant fiber makes excellent tinder,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 344 PIPE...
they probably met up on tinder like Steven was saying
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Quote examples
Jane Gardam
English Writer
Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder.
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Joe Gilgun
English Actor
Tinder - man, what's that all about? Tinder, where you're just, like, shopping for a human being. Reading the stats like 'Mortal Kombat.' You're like, 'Oh, he's got six arms, and he's only got the two, so I'll probably go with the six arms.' I don't want to do that with human beings.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Oh, this base heart of ours! Hath it not enough tinder in it to set on fire the course of nature? If a spark do but fall into it, any one of our members left to itself would dishonour Christ, deny the Lord that bought us, and turn back into perdition.
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Stephen Malkmus
American Musician
Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know.
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
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Jamie Anderson
American Athlete
Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level. It's all athletes! In the mountain village, it's all athletes. It's hilarious.
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Charlie Brooker
English Critic
Tinder is the ultimate gamification of romance. It's 'Pokemon Go' for the heart.
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Paul Engle
American Poet
Corncobs are the greatest fire-making tinder.
Quote examples
James Arthur
British Musician
I can't go on Tinder; I'll get in trouble.
Quote examples
Jane Gardam
English Writer
Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder.
Quote examples
Joe Gilgun
English Actor
Tinder - man, what's that all about? Tinder, where you're just, like, shopping for a human being. Reading the stats like 'Mortal Kombat.' You're like, 'Oh, he's got six arms, and he's only got the two, so I'll probably go with the six arms.' I don't want to do that with human beings.
Quote examples
Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
Oh, this base heart of ours! Hath it not enough tinder in it to set on fire the course of nature? If a spark do but fall into it, any one of our members left to itself would dishonour Christ, deny the Lord that bought us, and turn back into perdition.
Quote examples
Stephen Malkmus
American Musician
Pop music catches on like a meme. It just takes a little bit of tinder, and it can become a phenomenon. You have to break through that wall a little bit. Why it happens, I don't really know.
Quote examples
Douglas Brinkley
American Author
The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
Quote examples
Jamie Anderson
American Athlete
Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level. It's all athletes! In the mountain village, it's all athletes. It's hilarious.
Quote examples
Charlie Brooker
English Critic
Tinder is the ultimate gamification of romance. It's 'Pokemon Go' for the heart.
Quote examples
Paul Engle
American Poet
Corncobs are the greatest fire-making tinder.
Quote examples
James Arthur
British Musician
I can't go on Tinder; I'll get in trouble.
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