NOUN
  • Definition - A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
Words in your word
11 Letter Words
tinderboxes 21
9 Letter Words
tinderbox 19 dextrines 17 exertions 16 exsertion 16 interbeds 12 desertion 10
5 Letter Words
boxed 15 boxer 14 boxes 14 inbox 14 desex 13 detox 13 dexes 13 dexie 13 doxie 13 index 13 nixed 13 oxide 13 oxids 13 redox 13 sexed 13 exert 12 exine 12 exist 12 exits 12 exons 12 nexts 12 nixes 12 oxers 12 oxter 12 rexes 12 sexer 12 sexto 12 sixer 12 sixte 12 toxin 12 beedi 8 bends 8 bider 8 bides 8 bidet 8 binds 8 birds 8 bodes 8 bonds 8 boned 8 bored 8 brede 8 breed 8 bride 8 debit 8 debts 8 dobes 8 dobie 8 dribs 8 orbed 8
4 Letter Words
ibex 13 exed 12 oxid 12 exes 11 exit 11 exon 11 next 11 nixe 11 oxen 11 oxer 11 oxes 11 sext 11 beds 7 bend 7 bide 7 bids 7 bind 7 bird 7 bode 7 bods 7 bond 7 bred 7 debs 7 debt 7 dibs 7 dobe 7 drib 7 been 6 beer 6 bees 6 beet 6 bene 6 bens 6 bent 6 best 6 bets 6 bier 6 bine 6 bins 6 bint 6 bios 6 biro 6 bise 6 bite 6 bits 6 bone 6 bore 6 born 6 bort 6 bots 6
3 Letter Words
box 12 dex 11 xed 11 nix 10 rex 10 sex 10 six 10 sox 10 tix 10 xis 10 bed 6 bid 6 bod 6 deb 6 dib 6 bee 5 ben 5 bes 5 bet 5 bin 5 bio 5 bis 5 bit 5 bos 5 bot 5 bro 5 neb 5 nib 5 nob 5 obe 5 obi 5 orb 5 reb 5 rib 5 rob 5 sib 5 sob 5 dee 4 den 4 die 4 din 4 dis 4 dit 4 doe 4 don 4 dor 4 dos 4 dot 4 eds 4 end 4
2 Letter Words
ex 9 ox 9 xi 9 be 4 bi 4 bo 4 de 3 do 3 ed 3 id 3 od 3 en 2 er 2 es 2 et 2 in 2 is 2 it 2 ne 2 no 2 oe 2 oi 2 on 2 or 2 os 2 re 2 si 2 so 2 te 2 ti 2 to 2
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