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# tinder

noun (tinder, no plural)

«tinder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tinder is dry material that catches fire easily from a spark, used to start a fire. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinder/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a traveller strikes a spark to light a fire with tinder

### Examples

- Have you got the tinder? asked the witch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinder/#x1)
- Dry leaves make good tinder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinder/#x2)
- The spark fell onto the tinder and it glowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinder/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tinder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tinder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tinder.html) on Mova free.