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— English words —

• tinderbox n. (Historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter)…
• tinderbox n. (By extension) A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
• tinderbox n. (Figurative) A potentially dangerous situation.
• tinder-box n. Alternative spelling of tinderbox.
• tinder␣box n. Alternative spelling of tinderbox.

31 English words from 5 English definitions

Alternative and By␣extension container containing danger dangerous divided dry extension fibrous Figurative finely fire flint Historical hot matter place potentially situation small spelling steel that that␣is that␣there there there␣is tinder tinderbox

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

tinderboxes tinder-boxes

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Pig␣and␣Tinderbox

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

box Box der Der Der. Erb 'erb Ind IND ind. Ind. in␣d. IndE NDE tin TIN tind tinder Tinder

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Bre BrE bred DNI edn. nit OBR red Red RED -red

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

brontide

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