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tinderous

tinderous adjective: resembling or characteristic of tinder.

Adjective

tinderous (comparative more tinderous, superlative most tinderous)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
    Synonyms:
    tinderish, tindery

Synonyms of tinderous

Forms of tinderous

comparativemore tinderous
superlativemost tinderous

Origin of tinderous

From tinder + -ous.

Questions about tinderous

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

Words near tinderous in the dictionary

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

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