Meaning of INFLAMMABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'flamubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] possible to burn |
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| | Synonyms: | | burnable, combustible, flammable, ignitable, ignitible |
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| | Definition: | | \In*flam"ma*ble\, a. [CF. F. inflammable.]
1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled;
combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.
2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an
inflammable temper.
{Inflammable air}, the old chemical name for hydrogen.
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| | Related Terms: | | accendible, agitable, alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coke, combustible, dope, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, ethane, ethanol, excitable, explosive, fiery, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, highly emotional, high-mettled, high-spirited, high-strung, inflammable material, irascible, irritable, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, methane, methanol, mettlesome, natural gas, nervous, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, perturbable, prickly, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, sensitive, skittish, startlish, touchy, turf, volcanic |
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