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accendible

adj.
C2 Proficiency ac·cendible Archaic

adj. able to be lit on fire. You use this to describe something that catches fire easily, like dry wood or paper.

adj. capable of being set on fire or ignited. Often used in technical or historical contexts to describe materials with low ignition points.


SIMPLE

The dry leaves are highly accendible in the summer heat.

CONTEXTUAL

The safety regulations require that all materials used in the warehouse be non-accendible to prevent accidental fires.

COMPLEX

The chemist noted that while the substance was volatile, it was not particularly accendible under normal atmospheric conditions without a direct source of high-energy ignition.

Origin

From accend + -ible (compare Italian accendibile).

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