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tinderlike

tinderlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of tinder.

Adjective

tinderlike (comparative more tinderlike, superlative most tinderlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
    • hasty and tinder-like upon too trivial motionc. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of tinderlike

comparativemore tinderlike
superlativemost tinderlike

Origin of tinderlike

From tinder + -like.

Questions about tinderlike

What does tinderlike mean?
Tinderlike means resembling or characteristic of tinder.
What part of speech is tinderlike?
Tinderlike is an adjective.

Words near tinderlike in the dictionary

  1. Tinderesque
  2. tindering
  3. tinderish
  4. Tinderite
  5. Tinderites
  6. tinderlike
  7. tinderous
  8. Tinderry
  9. tinders
  10. tindersome
  11. tindery

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