TINDERBOX meaning: Dry, combustible material; easily ignites

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tinderbox: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tinderbox: Merriam-Webster
tinderbox: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
tinderbox: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
tinderbox: Collins English Dictionary
tinderbox: Vocabulary.com
Tinderbox, tinderbox: Wordnik
tinderbox: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
tinderbox: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
tinderbox: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
tinderbox: Infoplease Dictionary
tinderbox: Dictionary.com
tinderbox: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
The Tinderbox, Tinderbox (Siouxsie album), Tinderbox (Stiff Little Fingers album), Tinderbox (application software), Tinderbox (disambiguation), Tinderbox: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
tinderbox: Rhymezone
tinderbox: FreeDictionary.org
tinderbox: Mnemonic Dictionary
tinderbox: TheFreeDictionary.com
tinderbox: Wiktionary

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Tinderbox: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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

Opposite:

waterproof, fireproof, nonflammable

Types:

kindling, firewood, lighter, matches, flint, more...

Phrases:

The Tinderbox, more...

Adjectives:

political, potential, racial, old, veritable, social, balkan, virtual, small, vast, little

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