touchwood

touch·wood

T0288200 (tŭch′wo͝od′)n. Material, such as decayed wood, that is used as tinder; punk.

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[From its being easy to ignite.]

touchwood

(ˈtʌtʃˌwʊd) nsomething, esp dry wood or fungus material such as amadou, used as tinder[C16: touch (in the sense: to kindle) + wood¹]

touch•wood

(ˈtʌtʃˌwʊd)

n. punk1 [1570–80]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

touchwood - material for starting a fire kindling, spunk, tinder, punkigniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

Translations

agaric de chêneamadouvier