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COMBUSTIBLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power

Synonyms:

combustible; combustible material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("combustible" is a kind of...):

fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)

Derivation:

combustible (capable of igniting and burning)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of igniting and burning

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

burnable; ignitable; ignitible (capable of burning)

comburant; comburent; combustive (supporting combustion)

flammable; inflammable (easily ignited)

ignescent (can emit sparks or burst into flame)

incendiary (capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily)

Antonym:

noncombustible (not capable of igniting and burning)

Derivation:

combust (undergo combustion)

combust (start to burn or burst into flames)

combust (cause to burn or combust)

combustible (a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power)

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 Context examples: 

A white to reddish colored, combustible, aromatic amine that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition. o-Tolidine is used in industry as a dye or as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes and pigments and is also used in clinical laboratories for the detection of blood.

(o-Tolidine, NCI Thesaurus)