WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tin•der•y
(tin′də rē),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- resembling tinder;
highly inflammable or inflammatory.
- tinder + -y1 1745–55
tin•der /ˈtɪndɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- any dry substance or material that easily catches fire.
tin•der
(tin′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- any dry substance that readily takes fire from a spark.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English tynder; akin to German Zunder, Old Norse tundr, Old English -tendan (as in ātendan to set on fire), Gothic tundnan to catch fire, German -zünden in entzünden to kindle