Meanings
adjectiveburnable (comparative more burnable, superlative most burnable)
comparative more burnable · superlative most burnable
- Able to be burned; combustible
nounburnable (plural burnables)
plural burnables
- Anything that can be burned.
The lower chamber consumes the burnables. The upper chamber consumes gases, smoke, and odor.
1968, Clean Air News, volume 2, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of burning
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrenw-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrénuh₁e-?
- Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
- Proto-West Germanic*brinnan
- Old Englishbiernan
- Proto-Germanic*brinnaną
- Proto-Germanic*brannijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*brannijan
- Old Englishbærnan
- Old Norsebrenna
- Middle Englishbrennen
- Englishburn
- Englishburnable
Translations
Portuguese queimável
- queimávelable to be burned
Cite this entry
APA
burnable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnable
MLA
“burnable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnable.
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