FLAMMABLE


Meaning of FLAMMABLE in English

/ ˈflæməbl; NAmE / (also in·flam·mable especially in BrE ) adjective

that can burn easily :

highly flammable liquids

OPP non-flammable

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from Latin flammare , from flamma a flame.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.