Definition of tinder
1 : a very flammable substance adaptable for use as kindling
2 : something that serves to incite or inflame that rhetoric was ready tinder for revolution — Margaret Peters
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According to The Daily Northwestern, school officials are looking into a racial slur allegedly made by a Northwestern student to a Dartmouth student on the dating app Tinder.
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Chadwick Moore, a 33-year-old freelance writer in New York, identified a new twist in which such establishments have become a choice setting for first Tinder dates by straight couples.
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In addition, many tourists will be camping in hot, tinder-dry conditions, or even sleeping in their cars.
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In addition, many tourists will be camping in hot, tinder-dry conditions, or even sleeping in their cars.
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In addition, many tourists will be camping in hot, tinder-dry conditions, or even sleeping in their cars.
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In just this first trailer, Jessica is already schooling boring Tinder guys and subway manspreaders, hustling as a cater waiter and dancing in the stairwell like everyone is watching.
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Be sure to tag Tinder and include the hashtag #TinderSuccessStory, too.
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Whatever the immediate causes of the fire, a bundle of government policies lay buried within its walls, so much tinder and fuel for the flames to take light.
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Origin and Etymology of tinder
Middle English, from Old English tynder; akin to Old High German zuntra tinder, Old English tendan to kindle
TINDER Defined for English Language Learners
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: dry material (such as wood or grass) that burns easily and can be used to start a fire
TINDER Defined for Kids
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: material that burns easily and can be used as kindling
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