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English Dictionary: combustible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
combustible
adj
  1. capable of igniting and burning [ant: incombustible, noncombustible]
n
  1. a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power
    Synonym(s): combustible, combustible material
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Cf. F. combustible.]
      1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire;
            inflammable.
  
                     Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
  
                     Arnold was a combustible character.   --W. Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, n.
      A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to
      take fire and burn.
  
               All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common
               use go under the name of fuel.               --Ure.
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