kindling Hear it!

kindling Definition

kin·dling (kindliŋ)

noun

bits of dry wood or other easily lighted material for starting a fire

Etymology: ME: see kindle

kindling Synonyms

kindling

n.

  1. Material for starting a fire

    firewood, tinder, coals, twigs; see fuel, wood 2.

  2. Combustion

    ignition, burning, lighting; see fire 1.

kindling Usage Examples

Preposition: of

    Converse of object

    • get: Chopping wood with ice-axes and trying to get kindling lit.
    • make: An ax may b e kept near a chopping block to make kindling.
    • use: The stove is lit quickly and easily using dry kindling and newspaper.
    • add: After the tinder is burning well, add small kindling.
    • provide: Lewyn for example was to provide stone and lime whereas Lord Scrope was to provide kindling and wood for scaffolding.

    Adjective modifier

    • dry: Be sure to include plenty of dry kindling, you will need it.
    • good: Softwoods tend to be easy to light and to burn quickly ( making them very good kindling ).
    • amygdaloid: Effect of amygdaloid kindling on the content and release of amino acids from the amygdaloid complex: in vivo and in vitro studies.
    • little: Euphoric mood broken, I rummage through my pack for the little kindling we could afford to carry.

    Modifies a noun

    • eye: What tho perverted sight can quick descry The mote that blurs a brother's kindling eye?

Browse dictionary entries near kindling

  1. kindliness
  2. kindless
  3. kindle
  4. kindheartedness
  5. kindhearted
  6. kindergarten
  7. kind of
  8. kind
  9. Kincardine
  10. kinase
  1. kindly
  2. kindness
  3. kindred
  4. kine
  5. kinematics
  6. kinescope
  7. kinesics
  8. kinesiology
  9. kinesis
  10. kinesthesia