tinderbox
9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr
noun
a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
Tinderbox in a sentence
Just bring me the old tinderbox that my grandmother forgot the last time she went down there.
Think of your blank journal as a tinderbox, a box for holding combustible materials, ready to catch fire when you sit down to work.
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