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non-combustible

adj

Etymology

From non- + combustible

  1. derived from comburo — “to burn up”
  2. derived from combustus
  3. derived from combust
  4. inherited from combust — “burnt”
  5. suffixed as combustible — “combust + ible”
  6. formed as non-combustible — “non- + combustible”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of noncombustible.

    • Although the subway structure is of non-combustible material, a fire protection system, with fire hose cabinets on every underground platform, has been provided.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for non-combustible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA