tinderbox
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence
the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a box for holding tinder
Types & categories
- box hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | box |