tinderbox.
A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
Meaning & usage
A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
A potentially dangerous situation.
Where this word comes from
From tinder + box, first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave.
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