kindling

«kindling» in Mova's school dictionary: small dry sticks and wood used to start a fire — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (kindling); also verb form of kindle

meaning for a pupil

1) Kindling is small dry sticks and wood used to start a fire. tree →

2) Kindling is the action of setting a fire alight; it is the -ing form of kindle. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, the stuff gathered to light a fire; the fire is started by kindling

examples

• Gather some dry kindling for the fire. tree →
• We lit the kindling with a match. tree →
• They spent the evening kindling a fire of driftwood. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kindling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.