Combustible

//kəmˈbʌstɪbəl// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A material that is capable of burning.

    "A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill."

  2. 2
    a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power wordnet
  3. 3
    A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.

    "In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of burning.

    "Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire."

  2. 2
    Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. dated, figuratively

    "Arnold, however, was a combustible character."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of igniting and burning wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
inflammable;accendiblealcoholbenzinebriquette

Example

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"My favorite short film of the project Short Peace is Combustible."

Etymology

From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible.

Related phrases

non-combustible

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