Definition of "tinder" []

• Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires. (noun)

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• "Another option for 'take along' tinder is the lint collected from the dryer after a load of towels BUT it should be kept bone dry in a 35mm film cannister."
• "Place this on top of a flat flint so that the edge of the tinder is right next to the edge that you are going to strike."
• "Like a wildfire igniting in tinder-dry brush, it will only take one spark."