Powder magazine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of magazine (an ammunition storehouse)
  2. 2
    a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored wordnet
  3. 3
    An individual or other situation that is bound to go awry or is potentially dangerous; a tinderbox. broadly, figuratively