[{"word":"tinder-box","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Just bring me the old tinderbox that my grandmother forgot the last time she went down there.\""},{"definition":"(by extension) a place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Think of your blank journal as a tinderbox, a box for holding combustible materials, ready to catch fire when you sit down to work.\""},{"definition":"(by extension) a potentially dangerous situation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"This act was the \"match that ignited the great tinderbox of fuel\" that had been building for years between many of the countries in Europe.\""}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tinder-box","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tinderbox"]}]