adj
Meaning 1
Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
incombustible
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noun
Meaning 2
Any substance that is not flammable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 3
not capable of igniting and burning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noncombustible
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From in- + combust + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: негорим (negorim) — not flammable
- Catalan: incombustible — not flammable
- Czech: nehořlavý — not flammable
- French: incombustible — not flammable
- German: unbrennbar — not flammable
- German: unverbrennbar — not flammable
- German: feuersicher — not flammable
- Greek: άκαυστος (ákafstos) — not flammable
- Irish: dodhóite — not flammable
- Italian: incombustibile — not flammable
- Northern Kurdish: neşewit — not flammable
- Northern Kurdish: nesoj — not flammable
- Northern Kurdish: agirnegir — not flammable
- Polish: niepalny — not flammable
- Portuguese: incombustível — not flammable
- Spanish: incombustible — not flammable
- Swedish: obrännbar — not flammable
- Welsh: anhylosg — not flammable