"incombustible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪŋkəmˈbʌstɪbəl/ Audio: en-us-incombustible.ogg [US], en-au-incombustible.ogg [Australia] Forms: more incombustible [comparative], most incombustible [superlative]
Etymology: From in- + combust + -ible. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|in|combust|ible}} in- + combust + -ible Head templates: {{en-adj}} incombustible (comparative more incombustible, superlative most incombustible)
  1. Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable. Translations (not flammable): негорим (negorim) (Bulgarian), incombustible (Catalan), nehořlavý (Czech), unbrennbar (German), unverbrennbar (German), feuersicher (German), άκαυστος (ákafstos) (Greek), neşewit (Northern Kurdish), nesoj (Northern Kurdish), agirnegir (Northern Kurdish), incombustible (Spanish), obrännbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-incombustible-en-adj-B5r3ypfT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 64 36

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪŋkəmˈbʌstɪbəl/ Audio: en-us-incombustible.ogg [US], en-au-incombustible.ogg [Australia] Forms: incombustibles [plural]
Etymology: From in- + combust + -ible. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|in|combust|ible}} in- + combust + -ible Head templates: {{en-noun}} incombustible (plural incombustibles)
  1. Any substance that is not flammable.
    Sense id: en-incombustible-en-noun-NPR~OQZo

Inflected forms

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