EGAVE

combustible

About 0.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Capable of burning.
    Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
  2. adjective Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
  3. noun A material that is capable of burning.
  4. noun A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.

Similar words

ignitible ignitable flammable inflammable burnable incendiary combustive ignescent fuel peaty

Often followed by

material materials matter gas gases mixture and substances liquids

Word family

combustibilities combustibility combustibles combustibly

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