combustible
About 0.80 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Capable of burning.
Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire.
- adjective Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
- noun A material that is capable of burning.
- 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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