tinderbox
Senso (Inglese)
- (historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
- (broadly) A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
- (figuratively) A potentially dangerous situation.
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علبة القداحEtimologia (Inglese)
From tinder + box, first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave.
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