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Definition of combustible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

combustible

adjective
 
/kəmˈbʌstəbl/
 
/kəmˈbʌstəbl/
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  1. able to begin burning easily synonym flammable
    • combustible material/gases
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCombustible is used with these nouns:
    • material
    • mix
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Old French, from late Latin combustibilis, from Latin combust- ‘burnt up’, from the verb comburere.
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