kindling
pronunciation
How to pronounce kindling in British English:
UK [ˈkɪndlɪŋ]
How to pronounce kindling in American English:
US [ˈkɪndlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- material for starting a fire
- the act of setting on fire or catching fire
Word Origin
- kindling (n.)
- "material for lighting fire," 1510s, from present participle of kindle (v.). Earlier "a setting alight" (c. 1300).
Example
- 1. That alone shows just how transmissible this new virus is : we 're dry kindling , and h1n1 is the match .
- 2. Researchers are investigating whether this phenomenon , called kindling , may also occur in humans .
- 3. Don shouted , rushing him , knocking him back through the trees and smashing them like kindling .
- 4. And when human kindling ran low , one could always fall back on anthropomorphism and throw some bulls and bears into a pit .
- 5. " I can split kindling very nicely now . "