Fuel and Kindling

Fuel

Fuel noun - Something with a usable capacity for doing work.
Usage example: such nonrenewable fuels as coal, petroleum, and natural gas
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Synonyms for Fuel

Kindling and fuel are semantically related. in wood topic. In some cases you can use "Kindling" instead a noun "Fuel", when it comes to topics like firewood.

Nearby Words: fueled, fuelling, fueling, fuelled

Kindling

Kindling noun - Material for starting a fire.
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Synonyms for Kindling

Fuel and kindling are semantically related. You can use "Fuel" instead a noun "Kindling".

Nearby Words: kindliness, kindled

Both words in one sentence

  • Kill It with Fire Interestingly, in Egypt, people really did use mummies for kindling, since when there were thousands upon thousands of mummies, they made for a ready source of fuel.
  • In Fearful Symmetry when stranded and starving in the wilderness Light uses Death Note pages for kindling (the Death Note never runs out of pages so he'll never run out of fuel) and in a moment of insanity eats a page.
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