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   combustible

   /kəmˈbʌstɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to catch fire and burn easily: "a combustible gas"
   • ▪ excitable; easily annoyed: "a volatile and combustible personality"

   noun

   • 1. a combustible substance.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Old French, from late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combust- ‘burnt up’, from the verb comburere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. combustibility noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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   Combustible means able to burn easily. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Learn the meaning of combustible, an adjective that describes something capable of being burned or easily excited. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Combustible definition: capable of catching fire and burning; inflammable; flammable. See examples of COMBUSTIBLE used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective combustible, which means able to begin burning easily. See synonyms, examples and word origin of combustible.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCOMBUSTIBLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of combustible as an adjective and a noun, with synonyms, pronunciation, and examples. Find out how to use combustible to describe materials, situations, or people that are easily ignited or excited.

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   Combustible means "able to catch fire," like matches or the extremely dry forest floors that people sometimes forget are combustible — until they go up in flames.

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   Combustible means able to burn easily. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.