English - Turkish
Definition of tinder-box in English Turkish dictionary
- tinderbox
- kav gibi çok çabuk yanan şey
- tinderbox
- çakmak taşı
- tinderbox
- çelik içeren kutu
- tinderbox
- {i} tehlikeli şey
- tinderbox
- kav kutu
- tinderbox
- {i} kav çakmak kutusu
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English - English
Definition of tinder-box in English English dictionary
- Alternative spelling of tinder box
- tinderbox
- a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire
- tinderbox
- a potentially dangerous situation
- tinderbox
- a small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire
- tinderbox
- {i} box containing tinder and flint and steel for starting fire (Archaic); person easily angered, hothead
- tinderbox
- a box for holding tinder
- tinderbox
- If you say that a situation is a tinderbox, you mean that it is very tense and something dangerous or unpleasant is likely to happen very soon
- tinderbox
- a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"
- tinderbox
- a box for holding tinder a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe