COMBUSTIBLE


Meaning of COMBUSTIBLE in English

/ kəmˈbʌstəbl; NAmE / adjective

able to begin burning easily

SYN flammable :

combustible material / gases

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: from Old French , from late Latin combustibilis , from Latin combust- burnt up, from the verb comburere .

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