powder keg

See also: powderkeg

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Noun

powder keg (plural powder kegs)

1. A barrel containing gunpowder.
2. (figuratively) An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.

Synonyms

• (figurative): tinderbox

Translations

barrel of gun powder

• Danish: krudttønde c, tønde krudt c
• Finnish: ruutitynnyri
• French: poudrière (fr) f
• German: Pulverfass (de) n
• Hungarian: puskaporos hordó
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• Icelandic: púðurtunna f
• Italian: polveriera (it) f
• Polish: beczka prochu f
• Russian: порохова́я бо́чка f (poroxovája bóčka)
• Spanish: polvorín m

volatile situation

• Danish: krudttønde c
• Finnish: ruutitynnyri
• German: Pulverfass (de) n
• Icelandic: púðurtunna f
• Italian: polveriera (it) f
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• Polish: beczka prochu f
• Russian: порохова́я бо́чка f (poroxovája bóčka)
• Spanish: polvorín
• Swedish: krutdurk (sv) c