kindling

Speech parts

1. kindling - Noun

2. kindling - Adjective

3. kindling - Verb

Meaning

of Kindle

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tinder spunk firing lighting punk ignition inflammation touchwood lena kindle light fire flaming lightwood fuel
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Antonyms

crushing enlist dampening stifling demoralizing daunting
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Hypernyms

burning lighter combustion igniter ignitor

Phrases with the word

kindling wood

Examples

This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures. Heraclitus

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving

A wild dissolving bliss Over my frame he breathed, approaching near, And bent his eyes of kindling tenderness Near mine, and on my lips impressed a lingering kiss. Percy Bysshe Shelley

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go. Siegfried Sassoon

We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. John Muir

From a fallen tree, all make kindling. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

kindlily kindlin kindliness kindling point kindling wood kindly