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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power;
[syn: combustible, combustible material]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. capable of igniting and burning;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, a. [Cf. F. combustible.] 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. [1913 Webster] Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. [1913 Webster] Arnold was a combustible character. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combustible \Com*bus"ti*ble\, n. A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. [1913 Webster] All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. --Ure. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

combustible adj 1: capable of igniting and burning [ant: incombustible, noncombustible] n 1: a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power [syn: combustible, combustible material]