fire starters
Flame-starting materials
Fire starters are materials used to ignite larger fuel—kindling, charcoal, or logs.
Commercial fire starters include wax cubes, petroleum-soaked blocks, and chemical gels.
Natural options include dry leaves, pine cones, and birch bark.
Figuratively, a fire starter is someone who provokes conflict or stirs up trouble: He's a fire starter—always getting people riled up.
- tinderCombustible material for ignition
- dry leavesDesiccated tree debris
- lightersHandheld ignition devices
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- hand drillManual hole-boring tool
bow drill · birch bark · fatwood · dryer lint · charcoal · flint · revolutionaries · agents of change · pine cones · matches · wood shavings · catalysts · cerium · spark · innovators · instigators · motivators · ignition
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- fire startersmatch, matches, lighter, lighters, matchsticks
- Flammablesgasoline, kerosene, propane, butane, acetone
- heat sourcesheater, radiator, furnace, stove, oven
- matchesmatch, matches, matchstick, matchbox, matchbook
- firestartersmatches, lighter, flint, tinder bundle, kindling
fire startersfire extinguishers
Devices for dousing flames
extinguishers · fire retardants · sprinkler systems · fire blankets · fire hoses
fire startersfire retardants
Chemicals preventing ignition spread
flame retardants · asbestos · wet blankets · fire barriers · firebreaks
fire starterspeacemakers
Those who resolve conflicts
mediators · peacekeepers · conciliators · diplomats · troubleshooters