Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Combustible"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
combustible
adj 1: capable of igniting and burning [ant: {noncombustible}]
2: (of fuel) highly combustible; having a high proportion of
fuel to air; "a rich gas mixture"
n : a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power;
"more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they
developed alternative fuels for aircraft" [syn: {fuel}, {combustible
material}]
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