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incombustibility

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in⋅com⋅bus⋅ti⋅ble

  [in-kuhm-buhs-tuh-buhl]
Use incombustibility in a Sentence
–adjective
1. not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
–noun
2. an incombustible substance.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML incombustibilis. See in- 3 , combustible

Related forms:
in⋅com⋅bus⋅ti⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅com⋅bus⋅ti⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅com⋅bus⋅ti⋅bly, adverb
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in·com·bus·ti·ble   (ĭn'kəm-bŭs'tə-bəl)   
adj.  Incapable of burning.
n.  An incombustible object or material.
in'com·bus'ti·bil'i·ty n., in'com·bus'ti·bly adv.
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