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 →

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 →
• He struck a spark from the tinderbox. tree →
• Lighting a candle with a tinderbox took ages. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tinderbox» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.