in·com·bus·ti·ble

(ĭn′kəm-bŭs′tə-bəl)

adj.

Incapable of burning.

An incombustible object or material.

in′com·bus′ti·bil′i·ty n.

in′com·bus′ti·bly adv.

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incombustible

(ˌɪnkəmˈbʌstəbəl)

adj

not capable of being burnt; fireproof

an incombustible object or material

ˌincomˌbustiˈbility, ˌincomˈbustibleness n

ˌincomˈbustibly adv

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in•com•bus•ti•ble

(ˌɪn kəmˈbʌs tə bəl)

adj.

not combustible; incapable of being burned.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin]

in`com•bus`ti•bil′i•ty, in`com•bus′ti•ble•ness, n.

in`com•bus′ti•bly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

incombustible - not capable of igniting and burning

noncombustible

Translations

لا يَحْتَرِق، غيْر قابِل للإحْتِراق

nehořlavý

ubrændbar

unverbrennlich

άκαυτος

incombustible

eldfastur

nedegus

nedegošsugunsdrošs

ubrennbar

yanmaz

不能燃烧的

incombustible

[ˌɪnkəmˈbʌstəbl] ADJ → incombustible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

incombustible

adj → unbrennbar

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

incombustible

[ˌɪnkəmˈbʌstəbl] adj → incombustibile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

incombustible

(inkəmˈastəbl) adjective

not able to be burned. That new building material is quite incombustible.

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