Tinderbox Definition

tĭndər-bŏks
noun
A metal box for holding tinder, flint, and steel for starting a fire.
Webster's New World
Any highly flammable object, structure, etc.
Webster's New World
A place or situation likely to be the source of a flare-up of trouble, war, etc.
Webster's New World

(by extension) A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.

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Other Word Forms of Tinderbox

Noun

Singular:
tinderbox
Plural:
tinderboxes

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Words Starting With

TTITIN

Words Ending With

XOXBOX

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