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# tinderbox

«tinderbox» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tinderboxes)

### meaning for a pupil

A tinderbox is an old box holding tinder, flint and steel, used to light fires. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinderbox/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a traveller carries a tinderbox to light a candle or fire on the road

### examples

- Hallo, said the soldier, this is a pleasant tinderbox! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinderbox/#x1)
- He struck a spark from the tinderbox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinderbox/#x2)
- Lighting a candle with a tinderbox took ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinderbox/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tinderbox» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tinderbox/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.