non-inflammableadj.
/ˌnɒnɪnˈflaməbl/, U.S. /ˌnɑnᵻnˈflæməb(ə)l/ = non-flammable adj.
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incombustible1471
uncombustible1576
inconsumable1646
incremable1646
uninflammable1666
unconsumable1670
non-inflammable1817
non-flammable1852
unburnable1881
non-flam1906
1817 H. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 107 66 With certain heated mixtures of gases, where the non-supporting or non-inflammable elastic fluids are in great quantities, combination with oxygen will take place.
1849 D. Campbell Pract. Text-bk. Inorg. Chem. 71 Non-inflammable gas is prepared by distilling in a retort fragments of phosphorus with a solution of potash in alcohol.
1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham i. 11 There was a great cry about non-inflammable paint.
1936 Discovery Apr. 106/2 Helium gas is used as a non-inflammable substitute for hydrogen in balloons and airships.
2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work ii. 27 Many organic powders and natural products which one normally considers as being non-inflammable, such as sugar, can even cause explosions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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