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noncombustible

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. prefixed as noncombustible — “non + combustible”

Definitions

  1. That will not readily ignite and burn.

  2. Any substance that is not combustible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for noncombustible. 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