Noun: kindle
| Singular | kindle |
| Plural | kindles |
Sample Sentences
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A kindle of kittens.
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She remembers when she was asked to take in a kindle of kittens. [2003, Felicity Jack, The Kindness of Strangers, Spinifex Press, page 80:]
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The Good Boye Guild is a new middle-grade graphic novel by comic book creator Megan McKay. "This D&D-inspired dogs vs. cats fantasy-adventure tells the origin story of the Guild, a band of pups on a quest to find the collar of the Rabid King from a figure known as the Regent, while an "evil" opponent—a kindle of cats—is also after the collar. [2022 May 2, Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool, archived from the original on 30 May 2022:]
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Everything seemed contingent on this arrangement: the clowder under the sill, the kindle under the bed, the ventricle next to the sleeping child slowly repairing itself. [2008, Carole Maso, edited by Bradford Morrow, Fifty Contemporary Writers, Conjunctions, From Mother & Child:]
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When you have chosen your kitten from the kindle (litter), being sure that this little mite is the one upon whom you wish to bestow your friendship and protection... [1993, Claire Nahmad, Cat Spells, Random House Value Publishing, page 13:]
Nouns inflected like kindle
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English kyndel, from kynde + -el. The verb is derived from the noun form by conversion. See: Middle English Nouns '
kyndel'.