Editing Tinder (section)

{{about|the firemaking material|the dating app|Tinder (app)|other uses}}
{{short description|Combustible material used to ignite fire by rudimentary methods}}
[[File:Näver som tändmaterial 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Birch]] bark being used as tinder in a campfire]]
'''Tinder''' is easily [[Combustibility and flammability|combustible]] material used to [[Firemaking|start a fire]]. Tinder is a finely divided, open material which will begin to glow under a shower of sparks. Air is gently wafted over the glowing tinder until it bursts into flame. The flaming tinder is used to ignite [[wikt:kindling|kindling]], which in turn is used to ignite the bulk material, to produce a fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/tinder/index.html|title=Wild Wood Survival|access-date=2009-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Keith |last=McCafferty |url=http://www.fieldandstream.com/quiz.jsp?quizID=10001140  |title=Test Your Fire-Building IQ |magazine=Field & Stream |date=2008-09-30 |access-date=2025-01-26 |archive-date=2008-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919141546/http://www.fieldandstream.com/quiz.jsp?quizID=10001140 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

Tinder can be made of any flammable substance, as long as it is finely divided and has an open structure.