powder store

• Terme désuet pour un local ou un bâtiment où sont stockés de la poudre à canon ou des explosifs, généralement dans une fortification militaire ou à bord d'un navire.

An archaic term for a room or building where gunpowder or explosives are stored, typically in a military fortification or ship.

1. Magazine for gunpowderC1formal

   A secure room or building where gunpowder or other explosives are stored.

   Poudrière

   • The soldiers guarded the powder store day and night.
   • Access to the powder store is strictly limited.
   • The old fort had a powder store built into the walls.

2. Figurative: volatile situationC2formal

   A situation or place that is likely to become dangerous or explosive.

   poudrière

   • The political climate in the region was a powder store waiting to ignite.
   • The tension in the room was a powder store of suppressed anger.
   • The city's slums were a powder store of social unrest.