Definitions | tinderbox |
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- a small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire
- (context, by extension) a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire
- (context, by extension) a potentially dangerous situation
Translations: - German: Pulverfass
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