inflammable
pronunciation
How to pronounce inflammable in British English: UK [ɪnˈflæməbl]
How to pronounce inflammable in American English: US [ɪnˈflæməbəl]
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- Adjective:
- possible to burn
Word Origin
- inflammable (adj.)
- early 15c., in medicine, "liable to inflammation," from Middle French inflammable and directly from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin inflammare (see inflame). As "able to be set alight," c. 1600. Related: Inflammability.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Sometimes , probably when inflammable liquids were set alight , the bomb blasts looked like flaming hair .
- 2. Goods of an inflammable , explosive or dangerous nature .
- 3. Acetone is a highly inflammable , irritating and combustible fluid .
- 4. Clothes shouldn 't be made of inflammable material .
- 5. Remove the inflammable material from the bulkhead .