Dictionary Definition
kindling
Noun
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Translations
pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire
- Dutch: aanmaakhout
- German: Kleinholz
- Spanish: astillas f|p
Verb
kindling- present participle of kindle
- Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.
Extensive Definition
Kindling may refer to:
- Material for starting a fire, especially small pieces of dry wood
- The process of triggering major epileptic seizures by repeated small electrical or chemical stimulation to the brain, most frequently studied in rats
- The 1973 album Kindling by Gene Parsons
- An unusual term for giving birth, as to kittens or rabbits, and the litter may also be called a kindle: see also List of animal names
- A campus humor magazine for North Central College
- Kindling (film), a 1915 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
backlog, bavin, brush, brushwood, enkindling, fagot, firewood, firing, flammation, ignition, incendiary, inflaming, inflammation, inflammative, inflammatory, kindlings, lighting, lighting up, log, stovewood, wood, yule clog, yule
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