Inflammable
[ɪn'flæməb(ə)l] or [ɪn'flæməbl]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.
(a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Combustible.
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Examples
- A motion-picture film is a thin ribbon of transparent pyroxylin plastic or nitrocellulose, which is highly inflammable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Englishman was in a strange, inflammable state, the German was excited. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Long before the European war, an inflammable and destructive compound was used in warfare, especially by the Byzantine Greeks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The same element of safety where inflammable substances are employed has produced the electric japan oven and similar apparatus. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not two people with inflammable natures like theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Yes, that's the best place for such inflammable nonsense. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Redwood does not contain pitch, the inflammable element in wood, and, in addition, it is extremely porous, quickly absorbing water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why, in the name of all that's--' 'Inflammable,' mildly suggested Mr. Pickwick, who thought something worse was coming. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was an odd, sensitive, inflammable child, having her father's dark hair and quiet bearing, but being quite detached, momentaneous. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Dick, Dick, you are too inflammable! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The silk referred to is made from a solution of that inflammable material of tremendous force known as gun-cotton, or pyroxylin. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This mixes with the coal-dust and renders it less inflammable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is inflammable and, when mixed with air, violently explosive. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Well--that's inflammable,' said Wardle, adopting the substitute; 'couldn't you say all this to me in the first instance? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Beds of coal, lying at a great depth, are frequently pierced by the borers for salt water, and from these wells the inflammable gas springs up. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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