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  1. 1. a. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. capable of igniting and burning Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South. 2. Ea Arnold was a combustible character. W. Irving. A substance that may bee 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable totake fire and burn.All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under thename of fuel. Ure. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 n. a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power a. capable of igniting and burning Source: ecdict

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