Definition of combust in English:

combust

verb kəmˈbʌstkəmˈbəst

[with object]

1Consume or destroy by fire.
when fossil fuels are combusted, oxides are emitted into the atmosphere
Example sentencesExamples
- Creating a hydrogen vapor and spraying it into the engine makes it easier to combust the incoming air-fuel mixture, greatly reducing wall wetting.
- Bomb calorimeters measure the heat released from combusting the enclosed sample, leaving behind only ash.
- All other rockets must carry a heavy load of oxygen to combust their fuel, but the scramjet extracts its own oxygen from the atmosphere and mixes it with liquid hydrogen on board to form fuel.
- Fossil fuels are versatile in that they may be combusted to provide heat, burnt in an internal combustion engine to provide mechanical energy/power (eg for transport) or used to generate electricity in a power station.
- The latter provides the oxygen required to combust the soot particles and is completely reduced to nitrogen oxide in the process.
- Once nutrients make their way into a neuron, small furnaces within the cells turn them into energy by combusting glucose and oxygen.
- They travel more than 1.3 billion miles annually to deliver some 4.7 billion packages, combusting tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel along the way.
- When combusting hydrocarbons in an engine, the energy emitted is from the breaking of the carbon and hydrogen bonds ignited in the presence of oxygen from the air.
- These pollutants should be removed and treated with a non-burn technology before the waste or methane is combusted, he adds.
- It won't combust the ship, I've run enough tests on it already to determine that.
- Ethanol's high oxygen content allows automobile engines to combust fuel better, resulting in reduced tail pipe emissions.
- Instead of using on-board oxygen to combust the hydrogen fuel, the scramjet scoops up oxygen as it travels through the atmosphere.
- You need to essentially combust a lot of fossil fuel to make your nitrogen even for some sugar cane plantations.
- The specimens were then baked in an oven at 450°C for four hours to combust all organic matter.
- After washing and drying, it was combusted to recover any carbon dioxide for the radiocarbon analysis.
- In a ‘calorimeter’ a substance can be combusted in the presence of oxygen, to measure the amount of heat generated per gram.
- Researchers are trying to eliminate the flame, replacing it with a catalyst that combusts methane at lower temperature, emitting less smog-producing nitrogen oxide pollution.
1. 1.1no object Be consumed or destroyed by fire.
  one day the whole building will combust
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a typical experiment to determine the heat of combustion, a known amount of substance would be combusted in a sealed container (a bomb calorimeter) submerged in a well-insulated water bath.
  Therefore the engine combusts a little bit less and puts out slightly less thrust.
  If the pressure in the cylinder exceeds this point then the fuel will combust before the spark plug fires, thus throwing the engine's rhythm out of time.
  They always come to a halt, have a price check, and sometimes spontaneously combust the second I get in line.
  The Daily Mail building would spontaneously combust.
  If two men planning such an attack spontaneously combusted minutes before they initiated it, I'd call that fortunate.
  One disaster averted, the visitors swiftly combusted again.
  The title comes from an image of a moth so in love with a flame that it keeps flinging itself into a candle until it combusts.
  They had run off terrified to their panel van, and backed it cautiously down the track before roaring off in a cloud of incompletely combusted petrol fumes and clattering beer cans.
  This resulted in the conversion of English iron works to coke - a partially combusted form of coal generated in much the same way as charcoal.
  Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year.
  During ascents, a single-setting heel lifter keeps your calves from combusting, while the girth of the two-edged ‘skis’ makes walking through deep powder a breeze.
  But heading down the 18th, back in the lead he enjoyed at the start of play, he nearly combusted but managed to rescue a bogey after a less than perfect approach shot, over-long chip and over-hit putt.
  Everything she feels is combusting in her face.
  This gentle contemplation was soon broken, however, by the overwhelming odours of sulphur and phosphorous, and for a brief moment the thought occurred that the building had spontaneously combusted from the pure energy.
  If a writer pens something purely for the sake of getting readers riled up, especially when it's something she or he doesn't really believe, it seems to me that all credibility and trust has spontaneously combusted.
  It combusts perfectly, leaving no residue, no ash.
  He was calm outwardly; inside, as he said later, he was combusting.
  Fiberglass insulation, in contrast, melts at slightly over 1,100 degrees, and cellulose combusts during house fires.
  But I do love a good fight: sources have reported that the two were vacationing on the exotic beach of St. Tropez and almost combusted with fury.

Derivatives

combustor

noun

The combustor is a conventional one, with a reverse-flow design.
Example sentencesExamples
- Hey, wait a second, why didn't you bring the combustor?
- For example, municipal waste combustors are estimated to have emitted collectively nearly 18 pounds of dioxin toxic equivalents in 1987, but under EPA regulations, they are now expected to emit less than 1/2 ounce per year.
- Eighty-seven percent of the mercury going out into the atmosphere is coming from utility boilers, waste combustors, coal-fired power plants, cement plants and medical incinerators.
- Many technology experts predict that coal gasifiers - rather than traditional coal combustors - will form the core of advanced, 21st century, super-clean power plants.

Origin

Late 15th century: from obsolete combust 'burnt, calcined', from Latin combustus, past participle of comburere 'burn up'.

Rhymes

adjust, august, bust, crust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, just, lust, mistrust, must, robust, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed

Definition of combust in US English:

combust

verbkəmˈbəstkəmˈbəst

[with object]

1Consume by fire.
when fossil fuels are combusted, oxides are emitted into the atmosphere
Example sentencesExamples
- In a ‘calorimeter’ a substance can be combusted in the presence of oxygen, to measure the amount of heat generated per gram.
- Creating a hydrogen vapor and spraying it into the engine makes it easier to combust the incoming air-fuel mixture, greatly reducing wall wetting.
- The latter provides the oxygen required to combust the soot particles and is completely reduced to nitrogen oxide in the process.
- After washing and drying, it was combusted to recover any carbon dioxide for the radiocarbon analysis.
- Fossil fuels are versatile in that they may be combusted to provide heat, burnt in an internal combustion engine to provide mechanical energy/power (eg for transport) or used to generate electricity in a power station.
- You need to essentially combust a lot of fossil fuel to make your nitrogen even for some sugar cane plantations.
- Bomb calorimeters measure the heat released from combusting the enclosed sample, leaving behind only ash.
- Once nutrients make their way into a neuron, small furnaces within the cells turn them into energy by combusting glucose and oxygen.
- Ethanol's high oxygen content allows automobile engines to combust fuel better, resulting in reduced tail pipe emissions.
- All other rockets must carry a heavy load of oxygen to combust their fuel, but the scramjet extracts its own oxygen from the atmosphere and mixes it with liquid hydrogen on board to form fuel.
- Researchers are trying to eliminate the flame, replacing it with a catalyst that combusts methane at lower temperature, emitting less smog-producing nitrogen oxide pollution.
- It won't combust the ship, I've run enough tests on it already to determine that.
- They travel more than 1.3 billion miles annually to deliver some 4.7 billion packages, combusting tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel along the way.
- These pollutants should be removed and treated with a non-burn technology before the waste or methane is combusted, he adds.
- Instead of using on-board oxygen to combust the hydrogen fuel, the scramjet scoops up oxygen as it travels through the atmosphere.
- When combusting hydrocarbons in an engine, the energy emitted is from the breaking of the carbon and hydrogen bonds ignited in the presence of oxygen from the air.
- The specimens were then baked in an oven at 450°C for four hours to combust all organic matter.
1. 1.1no object Be consumed by fire.
  one day the whole building will combust
  Example sentencesExamples
  If the pressure in the cylinder exceeds this point then the fuel will combust before the spark plug fires, thus throwing the engine's rhythm out of time.
  But I do love a good fight: sources have reported that the two were vacationing on the exotic beach of St. Tropez and almost combusted with fury.
  They had run off terrified to their panel van, and backed it cautiously down the track before roaring off in a cloud of incompletely combusted petrol fumes and clattering beer cans.
  They always come to a halt, have a price check, and sometimes spontaneously combust the second I get in line.
  Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year.
  Therefore the engine combusts a little bit less and puts out slightly less thrust.
  If a writer pens something purely for the sake of getting readers riled up, especially when it's something she or he doesn't really believe, it seems to me that all credibility and trust has spontaneously combusted.
  He was calm outwardly; inside, as he said later, he was combusting.
  This resulted in the conversion of English iron works to coke - a partially combusted form of coal generated in much the same way as charcoal.
  But heading down the 18th, back in the lead he enjoyed at the start of play, he nearly combusted but managed to rescue a bogey after a less than perfect approach shot, over-long chip and over-hit putt.
  Everything she feels is combusting in her face.
  One disaster averted, the visitors swiftly combusted again.
  In a typical experiment to determine the heat of combustion, a known amount of substance would be combusted in a sealed container (a bomb calorimeter) submerged in a well-insulated water bath.
  If two men planning such an attack spontaneously combusted minutes before they initiated it, I'd call that fortunate.
  The title comes from an image of a moth so in love with a flame that it keeps flinging itself into a candle until it combusts.
  During ascents, a single-setting heel lifter keeps your calves from combusting, while the girth of the two-edged ‘skis’ makes walking through deep powder a breeze.
  This gentle contemplation was soon broken, however, by the overwhelming odours of sulphur and phosphorous, and for a brief moment the thought occurred that the building had spontaneously combusted from the pure energy.
  The Daily Mail building would spontaneously combust.
  Fiberglass insulation, in contrast, melts at slightly over 1,100 degrees, and cellulose combusts during house fires.
  It combusts perfectly, leaving no residue, no ash.

Origin

Late 15th century: from obsolete combust ‘burnt, calcined’, from Latin combustus, past participle of comburere ‘burn up’.

单词	combust
释义	Definition of combust in English: combust verb kəmˈbʌstkəmˈbəst [with object] 1Consume or destroy by fire. when fossil fuels are combusted, oxides are emitted into the atmosphere Example sentencesExamples Creating a hydrogen vapor and spraying it into the engine makes it easier to combust the incoming air-fuel mixture, greatly reducing wall wetting. Bomb calorimeters measure the heat released from combusting the enclosed sample, leaving behind only ash. All other rockets must carry a heavy load of oxygen to combust their fuel, but the scramjet extracts its own oxygen from the atmosphere and mixes it with liquid hydrogen on board to form fuel. Fossil fuels are versatile in that they may be combusted to provide heat, burnt in an internal combustion engine to provide mechanical energy/power (eg for transport) or used to generate electricity in a power station. The latter provides the oxygen required to combust the soot particles and is completely reduced to nitrogen oxide in the process. Once nutrients make their way into a neuron, small furnaces within the cells turn them into energy by combusting glucose and oxygen. They travel more than 1.3 billion miles annually to deliver some 4.7 billion packages, combusting tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel along the way. When combusting hydrocarbons in an engine, the energy emitted is from the breaking of the carbon and hydrogen bonds ignited in the presence of oxygen from the air. These pollutants should be removed and treated with a non-burn technology before the waste or methane is combusted, he adds. It won't combust the ship, I've run enough tests on it already to determine that. Ethanol's high oxygen content allows automobile engines to combust fuel better, resulting in reduced tail pipe emissions. Instead of using on-board oxygen to combust the hydrogen fuel, the scramjet scoops up oxygen as it travels through the atmosphere. You need to essentially combust a lot of fossil fuel to make your nitrogen even for some sugar cane plantations. The specimens were then baked in an oven at 450°C for four hours to combust all organic matter. After washing and drying, it was combusted to recover any carbon dioxide for the radiocarbon analysis. In a ‘calorimeter’ a substance can be combusted in the presence of oxygen, to measure the amount of heat generated per gram. Researchers are trying to eliminate the flame, replacing it with a catalyst that combusts methane at lower temperature, emitting less smog-producing nitrogen oxide pollution. 1.1no object Be consumed or destroyed by fire. one day the whole building will combust Example sentencesExamples In a typical experiment to determine the heat of combustion, a known amount of substance would be combusted in a sealed container (a bomb calorimeter) submerged in a well-insulated water bath. Therefore the engine combusts a little bit less and puts out slightly less thrust. If the pressure in the cylinder exceeds this point then the fuel will combust before the spark plug fires, thus throwing the engine's rhythm out of time. They always come to a halt, have a price check, and sometimes spontaneously combust the second I get in line. The Daily Mail building would spontaneously combust. If two men planning such an attack spontaneously combusted minutes before they initiated it, I'd call that fortunate. One disaster averted, the visitors swiftly combusted again. The title comes from an image of a moth so in love with a flame that it keeps flinging itself into a candle until it combusts. They had run off terrified to their panel van, and backed it cautiously down the track before roaring off in a cloud of incompletely combusted petrol fumes and clattering beer cans. This resulted in the conversion of English iron works to coke - a partially combusted form of coal generated in much the same way as charcoal. Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. During ascents, a single-setting heel lifter keeps your calves from combusting, while the girth of the two-edged ‘skis’ makes walking through deep powder a breeze. But heading down the 18th, back in the lead he enjoyed at the start of play, he nearly combusted but managed to rescue a bogey after a less than perfect approach shot, over-long chip and over-hit putt. Everything she feels is combusting in her face. This gentle contemplation was soon broken, however, by the overwhelming odours of sulphur and phosphorous, and for a brief moment the thought occurred that the building had spontaneously combusted from the pure energy. If a writer pens something purely for the sake of getting readers riled up, especially when it's something she or he doesn't really believe, it seems to me that all credibility and trust has spontaneously combusted. It combusts perfectly, leaving no residue, no ash. He was calm outwardly; inside, as he said later, he was combusting. Fiberglass insulation, in contrast, melts at slightly over 1,100 degrees, and cellulose combusts during house fires. But I do love a good fight: sources have reported that the two were vacationing on the exotic beach of St. Tropez and almost combusted with fury. Derivatives combustor noun The combustor is a conventional one, with a reverse-flow design. Example sentencesExamples Hey, wait a second, why didn't you bring the combustor? For example, municipal waste combustors are estimated to have emitted collectively nearly 18 pounds of dioxin toxic equivalents in 1987, but under EPA regulations, they are now expected to emit less than 1/2 ounce per year. Eighty-seven percent of the mercury going out into the atmosphere is coming from utility boilers, waste combustors, coal-fired power plants, cement plants and medical incinerators. Many technology experts predict that coal gasifiers - rather than traditional coal combustors - will form the core of advanced, 21st century, super-clean power plants. Origin Late 15th century: from obsolete combust 'burnt, calcined', from Latin combustus, past participle of comburere 'burn up'. Rhymes adjust, august, bust, crust, dust, encrust, entrust, gust, just, lust, mistrust, must, robust, rust, thrust, trust, undiscussed Definition of combust in US English: combust verbkəmˈbəstkəmˈbəst [with object] 1Consume by fire. when fossil fuels are combusted, oxides are emitted into the atmosphere Example sentencesExamples In a ‘calorimeter’ a substance can be combusted in the presence of oxygen, to measure the amount of heat generated per gram. Creating a hydrogen vapor and spraying it into the engine makes it easier to combust the incoming air-fuel mixture, greatly reducing wall wetting. The latter provides the oxygen required to combust the soot particles and is completely reduced to nitrogen oxide in the process. After washing and drying, it was combusted to recover any carbon dioxide for the radiocarbon analysis. Fossil fuels are versatile in that they may be combusted to provide heat, burnt in an internal combustion engine to provide mechanical energy/power (eg for transport) or used to generate electricity in a power station. You need to essentially combust a lot of fossil fuel to make your nitrogen even for some sugar cane plantations. Bomb calorimeters measure the heat released from combusting the enclosed sample, leaving behind only ash. Once nutrients make their way into a neuron, small furnaces within the cells turn them into energy by combusting glucose and oxygen. Ethanol's high oxygen content allows automobile engines to combust fuel better, resulting in reduced tail pipe emissions. All other rockets must carry a heavy load of oxygen to combust their fuel, but the scramjet extracts its own oxygen from the atmosphere and mixes it with liquid hydrogen on board to form fuel. Researchers are trying to eliminate the flame, replacing it with a catalyst that combusts methane at lower temperature, emitting less smog-producing nitrogen oxide pollution. It won't combust the ship, I've run enough tests on it already to determine that. They travel more than 1.3 billion miles annually to deliver some 4.7 billion packages, combusting tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel along the way. These pollutants should be removed and treated with a non-burn technology before the waste or methane is combusted, he adds. Instead of using on-board oxygen to combust the hydrogen fuel, the scramjet scoops up oxygen as it travels through the atmosphere. When combusting hydrocarbons in an engine, the energy emitted is from the breaking of the carbon and hydrogen bonds ignited in the presence of oxygen from the air. The specimens were then baked in an oven at 450°C for four hours to combust all organic matter. 1.1no object Be consumed by fire. one day the whole building will combust Example sentencesExamples If the pressure in the cylinder exceeds this point then the fuel will combust before the spark plug fires, thus throwing the engine's rhythm out of time. But I do love a good fight: sources have reported that the two were vacationing on the exotic beach of St. Tropez and almost combusted with fury. They had run off terrified to their panel van, and backed it cautiously down the track before roaring off in a cloud of incompletely combusted petrol fumes and clattering beer cans. They always come to a halt, have a price check, and sometimes spontaneously combust the second I get in line. Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. Therefore the engine combusts a little bit less and puts out slightly less thrust. If a writer pens something purely for the sake of getting readers riled up, especially when it's something she or he doesn't really believe, it seems to me that all credibility and trust has spontaneously combusted. He was calm outwardly; inside, as he said later, he was combusting. This resulted in the conversion of English iron works to coke - a partially combusted form of coal generated in much the same way as charcoal. But heading down the 18th, back in the lead he enjoyed at the start of play, he nearly combusted but managed to rescue a bogey after a less than perfect approach shot, over-long chip and over-hit putt. Everything she feels is combusting in her face. One disaster averted, the visitors swiftly combusted again. In a typical experiment to determine the heat of combustion, a known amount of substance would be combusted in a sealed container (a bomb calorimeter) submerged in a well-insulated water bath. If two men planning such an attack spontaneously combusted minutes before they initiated it, I'd call that fortunate. The title comes from an image of a moth so in love with a flame that it keeps flinging itself into a candle until it combusts. During ascents, a single-setting heel lifter keeps your calves from combusting, while the girth of the two-edged ‘skis’ makes walking through deep powder a breeze. This gentle contemplation was soon broken, however, by the overwhelming odours of sulphur and phosphorous, and for a brief moment the thought occurred that the building had spontaneously combusted from the pure energy. The Daily Mail building would spontaneously combust. Fiberglass insulation, in contrast, melts at slightly over 1,100 degrees, and cellulose combusts during house fires. It combusts perfectly, leaving no residue, no ash. Origin Late 15th century: from obsolete combust ‘burnt, calcined’, from Latin combustus, past participle of comburere ‘burn up’.
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