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Definition of inflammable in English: inflammableadjective ɪnˈflaməb(ə)lɪnˈflæməb(ə)l Easily set on fire. 易燃的 易燃材料。 Example sentencesExamples - These have a greater capacity for overloading circuits which increases the risk of fire. You should also make sure the fuse box does not have inflammable material stored against or near it.
- Some of the worst domestic fire outbreaks have been a result of keeping inflammable liquids in homes.
- It burst into flames after its highly inflammable gas ignited.
- I saw a lot of highly inflammable materials stacked together while 30 to 40 gas bottles were moved from the scene.
- Bundles of goods containing inflammable material can be seen lying on foot paths blocking already narrow lanes.
- Highly inflammable methane gas, pumped out harmlessly when mines were open, is building up in abandoned shafts and posing a potential threat to people living on the surface.
- A spokesman said such staircases were meant to be ‘sterile’ areas without inflammable materials.
- The inquest was told that the fire was deliberately started when inflammable liquid was poured through the couple's letterbox and ignited using a wick made out of cotton-like material.
- A rocket is a cylindrical metal object containing inflammable material, which, when ignited, propels the rocket to a significant height or distance.
- He gave instructions accordingly, but directed that all safety precautions should be taken to prevent inflammable material falling off the wharf into the oil.
- A thorough inspection of the complex 40-hectare site, which contains numerous highly inflammable gas and liquid gas storage and production facilities, would require weeks.
- A water extinguisher can put out things like burning wood, paper or cardboard, but it does not work well on electrical fires or fires involving inflammable liquids.
- There was other inflammable material at hand in the 1760s.
- The workers were trapped on upper floors after raw and inflammable materials stored on the ground floor caught fire.
- If you are surrounded by easily available inflammable material, you don't have to worry about fuel economy.
- A room in which inflammable gas and oxygen are regularly present, such as, perhaps, a chemical laboratory, is one in which every effort will be made to prevent the occurrence of electric sparks.
- Residents began clapping and chanting in support of the resistance and threw straw and other inflammable materials on the fire.
- Pure phosphorus is a non-metallic solid which exists in three forms, one of them highly poisonous and spontaneously inflammable.
- Bundles of goods containing inflammable materials and electricity wires dangerously hanging overhead cause recurrent fire.
- Clearing the top floor of all inflammable materials, lumber etc., will lessen the danger of fire, and prevent a fire spreading.
Synonyms flammable, combustible, incendiary, explosive unstable, volatile rare burnable, ignitable
noun ɪnˈflaməb(ə)l usually inflammablesA substance which is easily set on fire. 易燃物 Example sentencesExamples - This important conclusive finding immediately sets at rest the allegation that a mob poured inflammables from outside into the compartment and set the rail compartment ablaze.
- ‘As a garage, we have particular concerns such as vehicle collision, sparks igniting inflammables such as petrol or brake fluid and also manual lifting,’ he said.
- The fire broke out when a passenger sprayed inflammables on the floor from two bottles and set fire to it.
- Vessels shall leave the docks immediately upon loading inflammables in the port of Montevideo.
UsageThe words inflammable and flammable both have the same meaning, ‘easily set on fire’. This might seem surprising, given that the prefix in- normally has a negative meaning (as in indirect and insufficient), and so it might be expected that inflammable would mean the opposite of flammable, i.e. ‘not easily set on fire’. In fact, inflammable is formed using a different Latin prefix in-, which has the meaning ‘into’ and here has the effect of intensifying the meaning of the word in English. Flammable is a far commoner word than inflammable and carries less risk of confusion Derivativesnoun ɪnflaməˈbɪlɪtiɪnˌflæməˈbɪlədi Signs of this characteristic duality, the coexistence of civil atomisation and popular inflammability, can be found in the deep structures of much French thought. Example sentencesExamples - It's a jarring transition for a band originally known for its raw, youthful and raucous inflammability, but a nonetheless fitting and increasingly natural one.
- The inflammability of the Australian bush (which has adapted to the climate) adds to the risk.
- The results of this inquiry, coupled with his own belief as to the inflammability of furnace oil in the open, led him to think that the respondents could safely carry on their operations.
- Original research is being conducted on the combustibility and inflammability of successive plant regrowth as these fires accumulate.
nounɪnˈflaməblnəsɪnˈflæməb(ə)lnəs I went to go see a specialist about my catarrh. Is there anything that can sooth the inflammableness so it goes back to normal? Example sentencesExamples - On the other hand, hydrogen has the characteristics of colorlessness, odorlessness, inflammableness and the large flame propagation velocity.
adverb Jamie is young, and inflammably angry because a foreigner raped his sister. Example sentencesExamples - The material reacts vigorously or inflammably with many materials.
- Her hard work during daytime and night time leaves her a little tired sometimes, causing her to become inflammably irritated.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French, or from Latin inflammare (see inflame). Definition of inflammable in US English: inflammableadjectiveɪnˈflæməb(ə)linˈflaməb(ə)l Easily set on fire. 易燃的 inflammable and poisonous gases Example sentencesExamples - A water extinguisher can put out things like burning wood, paper or cardboard, but it does not work well on electrical fires or fires involving inflammable liquids.
- There was other inflammable material at hand in the 1760s.
- Highly inflammable methane gas, pumped out harmlessly when mines were open, is building up in abandoned shafts and posing a potential threat to people living on the surface.
- The workers were trapped on upper floors after raw and inflammable materials stored on the ground floor caught fire.
- He gave instructions accordingly, but directed that all safety precautions should be taken to prevent inflammable material falling off the wharf into the oil.
- Pure phosphorus is a non-metallic solid which exists in three forms, one of them highly poisonous and spontaneously inflammable.
- The inquest was told that the fire was deliberately started when inflammable liquid was poured through the couple's letterbox and ignited using a wick made out of cotton-like material.
- Some of the worst domestic fire outbreaks have been a result of keeping inflammable liquids in homes.
- A thorough inspection of the complex 40-hectare site, which contains numerous highly inflammable gas and liquid gas storage and production facilities, would require weeks.
- Residents began clapping and chanting in support of the resistance and threw straw and other inflammable materials on the fire.
- If you are surrounded by easily available inflammable material, you don't have to worry about fuel economy.
- A rocket is a cylindrical metal object containing inflammable material, which, when ignited, propels the rocket to a significant height or distance.
- It burst into flames after its highly inflammable gas ignited.
- Bundles of goods containing inflammable materials and electricity wires dangerously hanging overhead cause recurrent fire.
- These have a greater capacity for overloading circuits which increases the risk of fire. You should also make sure the fuse box does not have inflammable material stored against or near it.
- I saw a lot of highly inflammable materials stacked together while 30 to 40 gas bottles were moved from the scene.
- A room in which inflammable gas and oxygen are regularly present, such as, perhaps, a chemical laboratory, is one in which every effort will be made to prevent the occurrence of electric sparks.
- Clearing the top floor of all inflammable materials, lumber etc., will lessen the danger of fire, and prevent a fire spreading.
- A spokesman said such staircases were meant to be ‘sterile’ areas without inflammable materials.
- Bundles of goods containing inflammable material can be seen lying on foot paths blocking already narrow lanes.
Synonyms flammable, combustible, incendiary, explosive
UsageThe words inflammable and flammable both have the same meaning, ‘easily set on fire.’ This might seem surprising, given that the prefix in- normally has a negative meaning (as in indirect and insufficient), and so it might be expected that inflammable would mean the opposite of flammable, i.e., ‘not easily set on fire.’ In fact, inflammable is formed using a different Latin prefix in-, which has the meaning ‘into’ and here has the effect of intensifying the meaning of the word in English. Flammable is a far commoner word than inflammable and carries less risk of confusion OriginEarly 17th century: from French, or from Latin inflammare (see inflame). |