| NOUN | substance | ignitor, igniter, lighter | a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire |
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| artifact | ignitor, lighter, light, igniter | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires |
| Meaning | A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire. | |
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| Synonyms | igniter, lighter | |
| Narrower | firelighter | (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire |
| kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk | material for starting a fire / fire | |
| punk | Substance that smolders when ignited | |
| Broader | fuel | A substance that can be consumed to produce energy |
| Spanish | encendedor, mechero | |
| Catalan | encenedor | |
| Verbs | ignite | cause to start burning |
| Meaning | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. | |
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| Synonyms | lighter, light, igniter | |
| Narrower | cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter | A lighter / lighter for cigars or cigarettes |
| fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | |
| match, lucifer, friction match | lighter / lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical | |
| match | A burning piece of wood or cardboard | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | briquet, encendedor, mechero, yesquero | |
| Catalan | encenedor | |
| Verbs | ignite | cause to start burning |
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