Definitions for tinderbox

tinderbox tin·der·box

Spelling: [tin-der-boks]
IPA: /ˈtɪn dərˌbɒks/

Tinderbox is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 441 anagrams from letters in tinderbox (bdeinortx).

Definitions for tinderbox

noun

  1. a box for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint and steel.
  2. a person or thing that is highly excitable, explosive, inflammable, etc.; a potential source of widespread violence:

Origin of tinderbox

First recorded in 1520-30; tinder + box1

Examples for tinderbox

Some believe the answer is even more support for dictators who keep the lid on this tinderbox.

Accordingly they obtained a light by means of the tinderbox and flint and steel.

I need not be a witch to do that; now get your tinderbox from your bag, and I will arrange the wood.

That he had done so affected him more sharply now with a sense of the appropriateness of this house in tinderbox Lane.

Meinik carried a tinderbox, and soon had a fire blazing, and by its side they piled a great stock of wood.

She found the tinderbox, and with trembling hands struck a light.

Take the flint and tinderbox, creep along the bank, and light a fire at that spot; maybe the smoke will draw them above us.

She says he finds his way up to his room, in the dark, and the candle and a tinderbox are always placed handy for him there.

Klein Piet had his tinderbox in his pocket; by the light he made, they both bent to look at the link on the ground.

On reaching his chamber he laid his hand on every possible ledge and corner for the tinderbox, but for a long time in vain.

Word Value for tinderbox
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Words with friends

21

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