Definitions for powder keg
pow·der keg

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powder kegnoun

   a potentially explosive state

2. powder kegnoun

   keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powder kegnoun

   A barrel containing gunpowder.

2. powder kegnoun

   An explosive or otherwise volatile situation.

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1. powder keg

   A powder keg is a situation or place that has potential for sudden violence, political unrest or catastrophe because of prevailing unstable, volatile, or explosive conditions. Historically, a powder keg refers to a barrel used to store gunpowder, which can ignite and explode if accidentally exposed to a spark or fire. The term is thus used metaphorically to describe a dangerous situation on the brink of eruption.

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1. Powder keg

   A powder keg is a barrel of gunpowder. The powder keg was the primary method for storing and transporting large quantities of black powder up until the 1870s and the adoption of the modern cased bullet. However, the barrels had to be handled with care, since a spark or other source of heat could cause the contents to deflagrate.

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How to pronounce powder keg?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of powder keg in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of powder keg in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of powder keg in a Sentence

1. Oleh Sych:

   This is the scariest thing - we're living on a powder keg. We don't know where else has been compromised. We can protect everything, we can teach administrators never to open emails, but the system is already infected.

2. Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening:

   He understands what it is like to be the top elected official in a really challenging urban area, including the area of law enforcement, what you've got here is a powder keg in the sense that the community doesn't trust the police and the police doesn't trust the community, amidst a growing sense of poverty and inequity and hopelessness.

3. Ben Carson:

   Somebody did something inappropriate and therefore she understood -- I believe -- that she was sitting on a powder keg and needed to do something to calm the situation down.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=powder keg
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Powder_Keg
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=powder keg