adj
Meaning 1
Illuminated, lit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
kindling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɪnd.lɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪndlɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K IH1 N D L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Go and collect some kindling.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act by which something is kindled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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 [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of kindle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the act of setting something on fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ignition, firing, lighting, inflammation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: burning, combustion
noun
Meaning 6
material for starting a fire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: igniter, ignitor, lighter
History
Etymology
From kindle + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shkarpë — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Albanian: ashër — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Albanian: karthje — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Armenian: կպչան (kpčʻan) — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Bulgarian: подпалки (podpalki) — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Danish: optændingsmateriale — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Dutch: aanmaakhout — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Faroese: kykingartilfar — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Finnish: syttöpuu — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- French: petit bois — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- German: Anmachholz — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- German: Anzündholz — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- German: Kleinholz — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Hungarian: aprófa — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Hungarian: gyújtós — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Hungarian: alágyújtós — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Icelandic: uppkveikja — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Irish: brosna — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Italian: legna minuta — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Italian: accelerante — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Korean: 불쏘시개 (bulssosigae) — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Latin: fōmes — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Māori: toutou — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Māori: kōetoeto — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Navajo: chizh — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Norwegian Bokmål: opptenningsved — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Norwegian Bokmål: kveike — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nøringsved — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kveike — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Polish: podpałka — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Polish: rozpałka — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Russian: растопка (rastopka) — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Sanskrit: इन्धन (indhana) — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Spanish: astillas — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Swedish: tändved — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Swedish: tändmaterial — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Tagalog: panduop — pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Bulgarian: разпалване (razpalvane) — act
- Finnish: sytytys — act
- Italian: accensione — act
- Latin: succēnsiō — act
- Polish: podpalenie — act
- Polish: rozpalenie — act