- Incombustibility
- Incombustibility In`com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty, n. [Cf. F. incombustilit['e].] The quality of being incombustible. [1913 Webster]
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Incombustibility
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incombustibility — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Resistance to fire Nouns 1. incombustibility, uninflammability, nonflammability; fireproof ing, fire resistance. 2. [fire] extinguisher; fire engine, hook and ladder [truck]; [automatic] sprinkler, [fire]… … English dictionary for students
incombustibility — noun see incombustible … New Collegiate Dictionary
incombustibility — See incombustible. * * * … Universalium
incombustibility — noun The quality or state of being incombustible. Syn: noncombustibility Ant: combustibility … Wiktionary
incombustibility — n. quality of being not combustible; trait of being not flammable … English contemporary dictionary
incombustibility — incombustibilˈity or incombustˈibleness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑incombustible … Useful english dictionary
incombustible — incombustibility, incombustibleness, n. incombustibly, adv. /in keuhm bus teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof. n. 2. an incombustible substance. [1425 75; late ME < ML incombustibilis. See IN 3, COMBUSTIBLE] … Universalium
Refrigeration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Refrigeration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 refrigeration refrigeration infrigidation reduction of temperature Sgm: N 1 cooling cooling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 congelation congelation conglaciation| Sgm: N 1 ice ice … English dictionary for students
Amianthus — Am i*an thus, n. [L. amiantus, Gr. ? ? (lit., unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; a priv. + ? to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility.] (Min.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incombustible — adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle French, from in + combustible combustible Date: 15th century not combustible ; incapable of being burned • incombustibility noun • incombustible noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
