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Powder keg
01
keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
powder kegs
02
a tense situation that could suddenly become a serious conflict
Idiom
Examples
The meeting felt like a powder keg before anyone spoke.
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