'Combustible' definitions:
Definition of 'combustible'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of igniting and burning [ant: incombustible, noncombustible]
noun
A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power [syn: combustible, combustible material]
Definition of 'Combustible'
From: GCIDE
- Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Cf. F. combustible.]
- 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. [1913 Webster]
- Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. [1913 Webster]
- Arnold was a combustible character. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Combustible'
From: GCIDE
- Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, n. A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. [1913 Webster]
- All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'combustible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accendible,
- alcohol,
- benzine,
- briquette,
- burnable,
- butane,
- carbon,
- charcoal,
- coal,
- coke,
- dope,
- ethane,
- ethanol,
- explosive,
- fiery,
- fireball,
- firing,
- flammable,
- flammable material,
- fuel,
- fuel additive,
- fuel dope,
- gas,
- gas carbon,
- gasoline,
- hasty,
- heptane,
- hexane,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- inflammable,
- inflammable material,
- isooctane,
- jet fuel,
- kerosene,
- methane,
- methanol,
- natural gas,
- octane,
- oil,
- paraffin,
- passionate,
- peat,
- pentane,
- peppery,
- propane,
- propellant,
- quick,
- quick-tempered,
- rocket fuel,
- short-tempered,
- spunky,
- turf,
- volcanic
Words containing 'Combustible'
- Combust,
- Combustibility,
- Combustibleness,
- Combustion,
- combustive,
- Combustion chamber,
- Spontaneous combustion,
- Supporter of combustion,
- combustible material,
- internal combustion,
- Internal-combustion,
- Internal-combustion engine,
- external-combustion engine,
- noncombustible vs combustible incombustible,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine