What is another word for touchwood?

Pronunciation: [tˈʌt͡ʃwʊd] (IPA)

The term "touchwood" refers to a type of material that can ignite a fire easily due to its dry and fibrous nature. There are several synonyms for touchwood, including tinder, kindling, firewood, and fuel. Tinder refers to any dry material that can be used to start a fire, while kindling describes small pieces of wood or other combustible material used to ignite larger fires. Firewood is a term used to describe any wood that is suitable for burning, while fuel refers to any material that can provide energy for combustion. Other synonyms for touchwood include kindling wood, fire starter, and fire-starter material.

What are the hypernyms for Touchwood?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Touchwood

No doubt if anyone had carefully examined the tree he would have observed signs of decay long before the rooks abandoned it; but those who pass the same trees day after day for years do not observe minute changes, or, if they do, as nature is slow in her movements, get so accustomed to the sight of the fungi about the base, and the opening in the bark where the decomposing touchwood shows, as to think that it will always be so.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Now do you two run about and pick up all the dried sticks you can find, and pile them together in a heap, while I get the touchwood ready.
"Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children"
Julian Hawthorne
It was a mass of touchwood in the hollow of a tree.
"With Axe and Rifle"
W.H.G. Kingston

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