Inflammable Meaning
/ɪnˈflæməbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of burning.
adjEasily set on fire.
Sentence Examples
Firemen don't wear inflammable outfits.
Be careful. It's very inflammable.
The bus carries a lot of inflammable materials.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The factory stores chemicals that are highly ____ and could catch fire easily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Be careful with that liquid, as it is highly ____ and could easily catch fire if it gets hot.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length."
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The factory stores chemicals that are highly ____ and could catch fire easily.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Be careful with that liquid, as it is highly ____ and could easily catch fire if it gets hot.