tinderbox
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dərˌbɒks
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| —n | |
| 1. | a box used formerly for holding tinder, esp one fitted with a flint and steel |
| 2. | a person or thing that is particularly touchy or explosive |
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Tinderbox
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
That's dried out the region, making it a tinderbox for fires.
Summertime means hot and dry conditions which by fall can transform the prairie into a tinderbox ripe for consumption by fire.
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