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tinderbox::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | box |
tinderbox::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | situation |
the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe.
Examples of tinderbox
tinderbox
This shrub is a typical example of a tinderbox perennially in search of a flint.
From the economist.com
This is a tinderbox of a play blazing with wit, paradox, parody and, yes, ideas.
From the time.com
Friday prayers at the Mousa Mosque in Mombasa's tinderbox Majengo neighbourhood.
From the france24.com
For Johnnie Carson, U.S. ambassador to Kenya, the priest's death was a tinderbox.
From the latimes.com
Who would blame Orange County commissioners for running away from this tinderbox?
From the newsobserver.com
For more than a century, the world has worried that the Balkans were a tinderbox.
From the time.com
It is, after all, a pretty unlikely topic to become such a political tinderbox.
From the stltoday.com
The tinderbox issue of sovereign risk flared up on news of the Java evacuation.
From the smh.com.au
Strong winds and dry conditions yielded tinderbox-like conditions in the area.
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- A dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"
- A box for holding tinder
- Historically, a tinderbox is a small container containing flint, firesteel, and tinder (typically charcloth, but possibly a small quantity of dry, finely-divided fibrous matter such as straw), used together to help kindle a fire. Tinderboxes fell out of general usage when matches were invented.
- Tinderbox is a personal Content management system developed for Macintosh now for Mac OS X. It is made by Eastgate Systems. MacWorld described it as " a remarkable tool for storing, arranging, exploring, and publishing data."
- Tinderbox are an acoustic duo featuring vocalist Monique Houraghan (born 1976) and guitarist Dan Tucker (born 1974). The pair met at university in Yorkshire in 1994 and soon began writing and performing together. ...
- Tinderbox is the seventh studio album released by the English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was the first effort with new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers.
- Tinderbox is a software suite that provides continuous integration capability. Tinderbox allows developers to manage software builds and to correlate build failures on various platforms and configurations with particular code changes.
- "Tinderbox" is a song from English pop/rock performer Elton John's 2006 album, The Captain & the Kid. The song mentions the frictions between John and Taupin and how they got tired of each other for a while, hence taking a break from collaborating.
- A place or dwelling that is a high fire hazard due to construction materials, excess flammable storage items, blocked passages, lack of suitable alarms, or any significant fire code violations.
