Definition of Combustible material

1. Noun. A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power.

Exact synonyms: Combustible
Generic synonyms: Fuel
Derivative terms: Combustible

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combustible Material

combos
combover
combovers
combretum
combretum family
combrous
combs
combtooth blenny
comburant
comburent
combust
combusted
combuster
combustibility
combustible
combustible material (current term)
combustibleness
combustibles
combustibly
combusting
combustion
combustion air
combustion analysis
combustion chamber
combustion chambers
combustion efficiency
combustion engine
combustion equivalent
combustion gases
combustion reaction

Literary usage of Combustible material

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Review (1891)
"Free from moisture. of non-combustible material, or of hard wood ... Covered in all cases with a moisture-proof non-combustible material that will adhere to ..."

2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"It must be admitted that under this statute a failure by a railroad company to keep its right of wav clear of combustible material other than dead grass and ..."

3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1902)
"Ludlum to the jury to show that the right of way was free from weeds, grass, and other combustible material, and that this instruction practically took from ..."

4. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"... herds from destroying our woods. on the preservation of which smelting is wholly dependent in the absence of coal or other combustible material. ..."

5. Field Practice: An Inspection Manual for Property Owners, Fire Departments by National fire protection association (1914)
"Keep in mind the value of air space and ventilation between heating devices and combustible material. (jf) The insulation and protection of breeching, ..."

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