tindery

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of tinder.

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tinderish
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Meanings

adjectivetindery (comparative more tindery, superlative most 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 & antonyms

Similar
tinderish
Also see
tinderishtinderous

Origin

From tinder + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tindery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tindery

MLA

“tindery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tindery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tindery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tindery.

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