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tindery

tindery adjective: resembling or characteristic of tinder.

Adjective

tindery (comparative more tindery, superlative most tindery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
    • In the browning corn fields here, the light breeze makes a tindery noise as it rustles the dry stalks.2007 July 4, Adam Nossiter, “Drought Saps the Southeast, and Its Farmers”, in New York Times
  2. Quick to anger; irascible.

Synonyms of tindery

Forms of tindery

comparativemore tindery
superlativemost tindery

Origin of tindery

From tinder + -y.

Questions about tindery

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

Words near tindery in the dictionary

  1. tinderlike
  2. tinderous
  3. Tinderry
  4. tinders
  5. tindersome
  6. tindery
  7. Tindi
  8. Tindiga
  9. tinding
  10. Tindis
  11. Tindivanam

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