combustible
capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable: Gasoline vapor is highly combustible.
easily excited: a high-strung, combustible nature.
a combustible substance: Trucks carrying combustibles will not be allowed to use this tunnel.
Origin of combustible
1Other words from combustible
- com·bus·ti·bil·i·ty, com·bus·ti·ble·ness, noun
- com·bus·ti·bly, adverb
- un·com·bus·ti·ble, adjective
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How to use combustible in a sentence
Their battles added the perfect combustible fission to the Bunker nuclear family.
How a Foulmouthed Bigot Named Archie Bunker Charmed—and Changed—America | Daniel S. Levy | February 9, 2021 | TimeThat makes the batteries smaller and is supposed to make them safer, since the liquid in today’s batteries is combustible.
Battery startup backed by Bill Gates claims major breakthrough | Aaron Pressman | December 8, 2020 | FortuneNo combustibles close to your home — for sure in the first 5 feet.
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse. | by Elizabeth Weil and Mollie Simon | October 2, 2020 | ProPublicaGiven the combustibility of the neighborhood, the Syrian civil war really could become World War III.
There was something in the combustibility of the gesture that was significant of the whole man.
The Salamander | Owen Johnson
It varies in its whiteness, consistence, and combustibility, with the species and health of the animals.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe hangings and tinsel not only disfigured the interior of temples, but were a source of danger from their combustibility.
Pagan and Christian Rome | Rodolfo LancianiThe varnish must be prepared in the open, far from buildings, because of its combustibility.
The Invention of Lithography | Alois SenefelderOne capital objection to zinc as a roofing material, is its combustibility.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for combustible
/ (kəmˈbʌstəbəl) /
capable of igniting and burning
easily annoyed; excitable
a combustible substance
Derived forms of combustible
- combustibility or combustibleness, noun
- combustibly, adverb
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