combustible
/kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
Example Sentences
- "Dumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught fire."
- "Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter."
- "The rest were undergoing special underbody cleaning safety checks at TfW depots, after speculation that the cause of the incidents may have been a build-up of engine oil and combustible material such as fallen leaves and general detritus."
- "Arnold, however, was a combustible character."
- "The world’s richest man has inserted himself in some of the world’s most combustible conflicts."
- "A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill."
Etymology
From Middle French combustible [from combust (past participle of comburir) + -ible] and Latin combustibilis. By surface analysis, combust + -ible.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: combustibilis
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incombustible
noncombustible
nonflammable
noninflammable
unflammable
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fireproof
refractory
uncombustible