Dictionary

kindling en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From kindle + -ing.

Meanings

1. Illuminated, lit.
   • The morning o'er the gilded grove Bright on the kindling landscape fell, I sought her where she oft did rove In want and sorrow's lonely cell;— 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, "Ye shall seek me in the Morning, but I shall not be,", page 52:

Forms

kindling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From kindle + -ing.

Meanings

1. Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
   • When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
   • Go and collect some kindling.
2. The act by which something is kindled.
   • December 14, 1784, Hester Rogers, letter to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher The kindlings of love which had been felt before, now became a flame in every believing soul; and when fallen on our knees, the power of God descended of a truth […]

Forms

Coordinates

tinder · firewood

Translations (43)

mi kōetoeto (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · bg подпалки (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · bg разпалване (act) · it accensione (act) · la succēnsiō (act) · nb opptenningsved (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · hu gyújtós (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · tl panduop (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sv tändmaterial (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · is uppkveikja (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · fr petit bois (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · pl rozpałka (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · nl aanmaakhout (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · pl podpałka (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · hu alágyújtós (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · de Anzündholz (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · nv chizh (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sa इन्धन (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · de Kleinholz (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sv tändved (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · hu aprófa (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · it accelerante (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · fi sytytys (act) · fo kykingartilfar (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sq shkarpë (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · de Anmachholz (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · mi toutou (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · ru растопка (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · fi syttöpuu (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sq ashër (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · es astillas (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · la fōmes (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · pl podpalenie (act) · nn nøringsved (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · ko 불쏘시개 (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · ga brosna (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · nn kveike (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · hy կպչան (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · nb kveike (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · sq karthje (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · it legna minuta (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · da optændingsmateriale (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) · pl rozpalenie (act)

kindling en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From kindle + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of kindle
   form of kindle
   • Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.