Kindling

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  • noun. Easily ignited material, such as dry sticks of wood, used to start a fire.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A brood or litter.
  • noun. The bringing forth of young: applied by English fanciers to rabbits.
  • noun. The act of causing to burn; setting on fire.
  • noun. Material, usually dry wood cut into small pieces, for starting a fire: as, put some kindling in the stove: most commonly in the plural.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of causing to burn, or of exciting or inflaming the passions.
  • noun. Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire, such as small twigs or paper; -- also used in the pl..
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  • noun. small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
  • verb. Present participle of kindle.
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  • noun. material for starting a fire
  • noun. the act of setting something on fire
    • Word Usage
    "And it's an important point, because there's two things, really, with regards to what they called a kindling effect."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    burning  combustion  igniter  ignitor  lighter  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dwindling  pindling  rekindling  swindling  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Elysium  effulgent  extinguishing  forebrain  lollipop  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    backlog  bavin  brush  brushwood  conflagrative  
    verb-stem
    kindle  
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