tinder

About 0.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.
2. verb To set fire to; torch.

Similar words

kindling touchwood spunk punk fire-plough matchwood chatwood kindlewood firewood swedish torch

Often followed by

the box and of to for in a which

Word family

tinders