flammable
adjective /ˈflæməbl/
/ˈflæməbl/
(also inflammable especially in British English)
- that can burn easily
- highly flammable liquids
- These materials are highly flammable.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- highly
- very
- …
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin flammare, from flamma ‘a flame’.