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verb

kindle

to catch fire; to start burning

In a sentence

Six example sentences with kindle, each labelled with its topic.

  • The damp driftwood refused to kindle, so we lit the beach portrait with a lantern and a long exposure.

    Photography

  • Dry pine needles kindle at a far lower temperature than oak, which is why the lab tested each species separately.

    Science

  • Old timber lofts kindle in minutes, so the new code requires a sprinkler above every stairwell in the district.

    Architecture

  • Dry birch bark will kindle from a single spark, which is why the camp cook keeps a pocketful of it dry.

    Cooking

  • In the damp highlands nothing would kindle, so we ate cold bread and waited for morning.

    Travel

  • Dead grass will kindle at the smallest ember in August, and the rangers close the trail after a week without rain.

    Environment

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