All 3 Uses of
kindle
in
Obasan
- I search under the bed, under the kitchen stove, outside the back door, on the wooden stool that has a round washtub on it, outside by the wood pile and around the block used for chopping kindling.†
Chpt 17 *kindling = starting or spreading (a fire); or twigs, sticks, or other easily combustible material used to start a fire
- The voice is sharp, like an ax chopping logs into kindling.†
Chpt 22
- In the middle of the field stands the school and, behind the school, the rows and rows of small wood huts, each with its stack of wood—round logs, logs chopped in quarters, neat stacks of kindling wood.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(kindle as in: dry twigs to kindle a fire) start (a fire)
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(2)
(kindle as in: it may kindle her interest) arouse or inspire
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Kindle can refer to a computer-reading tablet sold by Amazon.