Combustible

Origin

From Middle French combustible

Full definition of combustible

Adjective

1. Capable of burningDumping fertilizer on top of whatever mysterious goop was in the storage tank created a combustible mix which caught on fire.
• SouthSin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter.
2. (figurative) Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.
• Washington IrvingArnold was a combustible character.

Antonyms

• incombustible

Related terms

• combustibility
• combustion

Noun

1. A material that is capable of burning.