Noun
(historical) A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
(by extension) A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire.
(figuratively) A potentially dangerous situation.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI knew intellectually that this fire season was unprecedented and that the drier, hotter weather meant the country was a tinderbox waiting to burn. Source: Internet
… President Trump just tossed a stick of dynamite into a tinderbox…" Source: Internet
The current spell of dry, sunny weather is providing a tinderbox landscape with conditions ripe for gorse fires. Source: Internet
By the time outrage and despair over Mr. Floyd’s death filled our feeds, the tinderbox was ready to explode. Source: Internet
"It's a tinderbox for this COVID-19 situation." Source: Internet
Ramaphosa said the incident showed “just how easily the tinderbox of race hatred can be ignited”. Source: Internet