Word
accendible
Phoneticsac·cendible
Definition
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.
Examples
“The dry leaves are highly accendible in the summer heat.”
“The safety regulations require that all materials used in the warehouse be non-accendible to prevent accidental fires.”
“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.”
Examples
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.”
Etymology
From accend + -ible (compare Italian accendibile).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scan code
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