tindery

[ tin-duh-ree ]

/ ˈtɪn də ri /

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adjective

resembling tinder; highly inflammable or inflammatory.

Nearby words

tinctorial, tincture, tindal, tinder, tinderbox, tindery, tine, tine test, tinea, tinea barbae, 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