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Meanings of incombustible in English
Catalan
incombustible Not capable of igniting and burning.
Usage of incombustible in English
1
The pennygrab seemed to have become incombustible, and the match died futilely.
2
The charred sticks that you find in an old fireplace are absolutely incombustible.
3
Every effort was made to render them incombustible and incapable of being sunk.
4
Therefore it is called Asbeston, which is as much to say as incombustible.
5
The incombustible deposit of carbon and phosphoric acid thus produced ultimately chokes the burner.
6
Here and there, the incombustible materials among the debris showed the lading of particular cars.
7
This is the incombustible wood put down by Paganel in his list of Australian products.
8
There are even some of them which, to common observation, seem to be altogether incombustible.
9
The other ingredients named are required to assist in making the incombustible part of the grain.
10
The amount and type of incombustible particles in the wood determines the quality of its smoke.
11
In other types of so-called wickless stoves, the burners are equipped with asbestos or other incombustible material.
12
Frederick looked like a pale, empty, incombustible husk, inside of which a great auto-da-fé had taken place.
13
You hastily gather handfuls of seemingly incombustible material and throw it on the fire, but the conflagration increases.
14
Give the names of incombustible nutrients.
15
Since graphite is infusible and incombustible except at exceedingly high temperatures, it is extensively used for crucibles and electrodes.
16
The houses were strongly built, of incombustible material, they being usually of two stories, each story vaulted and practically fireproof.
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