tinder

/ˈtɪn.dəː/

tinder means small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.

tinder is pronounced /ˈtɪn.dəː/.

Etymology

From Middle English tinder, tunder, tender, tonder, from Old English tynder, from Proto-Germanic *tundrą, *tundrǭ (“tinder”). Compare Saterland Frisian Tunder (“tinder”), Dutch tonder (“tinder”), German Zunder (“tinder”), Swedish tända (“to light, to set on fire”). More at tind.

noun

Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.“Strike on the Tinder, hoa: / Giue me a Taper: […]”

verb

To set fire to; torch.“Is heaven a murderer when its lightning strikes a would-be murderer in his bed, tindering sheets and skin together?”
To use the dating application Tinder.“I haven't been Tindering or doing the Plenty of Fish thing in quite some time because I've been seeing Date #2, and he's lovely. […] I'm not Tindering or frequenting POF because my heart still belongs to him, but up pops a message on the Friday night.”

name

A surname.
An online dating and geosocial networking application, launched in 2012, in which users "swipe right" to like or "swipe left" to dislike other users' profiles.“So sure, she’s a romantic, but quite a pragmatic one. “I was just thinking, ‘You know what? I’ve had shit luck with boys. I’ll try Tinder, Bumble and Love Island.’””