combustible
adjective
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L30729 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L318351 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/ / [kəɱˈbʌstʰɪbəl] ~ [kəɱˈbʌstʰɪbl̩] / /kəmˈbʌstəbəl/
adj
Etymology: From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible.
- Capable of burning.
“Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.”
“Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.”
- Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
“Arnold, however, was a combustible character.”
“The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible.
- A material that is capable of burning.
“A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.”
- 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.”