Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unflammable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-flammable
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Refrigerators used for flammables should be unflammable material storage units or explosion-free."
"Many of the silane-based penetrants are alcohol- or solvent-based and flammable. The nature of AAS used in this study is unflammable and unvolatile, which allowed for construction safety;"
"The main advantage of PEG over organic solvents is that it is more easily handled. It is unflammable, not poisonous, uncharged, and relatively unexpensive."

Etymology

From un- + flammable.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more unflammable (comparative) most unflammable (superlative)

Synonyms

nonflammable noninflammable uninflammable

Questions

What does unflammable mean?: Not flammable.
Where does unflammable come from?: From un- + flammable.

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