Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinder-box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: tin-der-box
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of tinderbox.

Example Sentences

"The rain had washed away all possibility of distinguishing foot-marks, but a close investigation of the spot had disclosed, in the direction opposite to the village, a tinder-box, with a flint and steel, half sunk in the mud."

Inflected Forms

tinder-boxes (plural)

Questions

What does tinder-box mean?: Alternative form of tinderbox.

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