flammable

CEFRC1

/ˈflæməbəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Able to catch fire easily.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Easily set on fire.

Examples

  • Gasoline is more flammable than fuel oil.

  • These clothes are flammable and not suited for children.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Capable of burning.

  2. Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

  3. Very likely to cause fighting or controversy; extremely contentious.

More examples

In context

  • flammable liquid

  • Near-synonym: ignitable

  • They could stuff their ears with cotton, but they could not, after all, fight such flammable ideas ( at least not in the public squares where Attucks's war whoops could still be heard ).

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Origin

adjective

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.