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NONFLAMMABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonflammable mean?
• NONFLAMMABLE (adjective)
The adjective NONFLAMMABLE has 1 sense:
1. impossible to ignite
Familiarity information: NONFLAMMABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Impossible to ignite
Similar:
incombustible; noncombustible (not capable of igniting and burning)
Context examples
A clear, colorless, nonflammable, volatile liquid chlorinated hydrocarbon with a sweet, pleasant smell and emits highly toxic fumes of phosgene when heated to decomposition.
(Methylene Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A nonflammable, halogenated, hydrocarbon and general inhalation anesthetic.
(Halothane, NCI Thesaurus)
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