incombustibleadj.n.
/ɪnkəmˈbʌstɪb(ə)l/ A. adj.
Incapable of being burnt or consumed by fire.
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incombustible1471
uncombustible1576
inconsumable1646
incremable1646
uninflammable1666
unconsumable1670
non-inflammable1817
non-flammable1852
unburnable1881
non-flam1906
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. iii So out of our stone precious, if thou be witty, Oyle incombustable and Water thou shalt draw.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 10 Manye philosophoris clepiþ þis quinta essencia an oile incombustible.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke Ded. 2 The 4 elements..having in every of them 2 other elements, the one putrifying and combustible, the other eternal and incombustible.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 140 There are in the number of Mineralls, some bodies incombustible; more remarkably that which the Ancients named Asbeston. View more context for this quotation
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. xiv. 427 To make an incombustible Wick.
1874 tr. E. Lommel Nature of Light (ed. 4) 6 An infusible and incombustible substance, as chalk or magnesia.
B. n.
An incombustible substance or matter.
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incombustible1807
non-flam1908
1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 95 The combustibles unite with each other..also with incombustibles and with metals. The incombustibles..do not unite with each other, nor with the metals.
Derivatives
incombustiˈbility n.
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fixation1626
incombustibleness1653
fixedness1665
fixity1666
incombustibilitya1691
fixidity1762
uninflammability1826
a1691 Sir T. Robinson in Ray Creation i. (1692) 84 The Bononia Stone..is remarkable for its shining quality. The Amianthus for its Incombustibility.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vi. 225 Stone..is the most perfect material for groining, if for no other reason, at least for its comparative incombustibility.
incomˈbustibleness n. the quality of being incombustible.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun]
fixation1626
incombustibleness1653
fixedness1665
fixity1666
incombustibilitya1691
fixidity1762
uninflammability1826
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. ix. 114 The prodigious Weight of his body..As also the Incombustibleness thereof.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 535/2 Demonstrates its incombustibleness.
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