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Word: tinderbox (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
  • by extension a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
  • by extension a potentially dangerous situation.

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