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tindery

[ tin-duh-ree ]
/ ˈtɪn də ri /
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adjective

resembling tinder; highly inflammable or inflammatory.

Nearby words

  1. tindal,
  2. tindal, matthew,
  3. tindal, william,
  4. tinder,
  5. tinderbox,
  6. tine,
  7. tine test,
  8. tinea,
  9. tinea barbae,
  10. tinea capitis

Origin of tindery

First recorded in 1745–55; tinder + -y1
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Examples from the Web for tindery

  • With grandiloquent gesture he raised another of the tindery fragments and ignited it from the first.

    Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various

  • Flying embers clattered upon the tindery roof, and in a moment the whole top of the long structure was ablaze.

    The Wilderness Trail|Frank Williams

  • Above the spiteful crackling of the tindery buildings, out of the thinning dark, came a clear, eager neigh!

    The Plow-Woman|Eleanor Gates