Meanings
- Promoting combustion (for example, by reacting with fuel and promoting a redox reaction). (Contrast combustible.)
1 more example
[…] the passage for comburent fluid, the opposite sides of the other diaphragm being exposed to the pressure of the combustible fluid on opposite sides of said resistance. 3. Apparatus for maintaining the proportional delivery of combustible fluid and comburent fluid supplied through separate passages to a gas-fired furnace, […]
1919, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks
plural comburents
- A comburent substance.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:comburent.
Synonyms: oxidizing agent
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA comburent substance.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesupporting combustion
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Origin
Translations
French comburant, comburant
- comburantpromoting combustion
- comburantcomburent substance
Italian comburente, comburente
- comburentepromoting combustion
- comburentecomburent substance
Portuguese comburente
- comburentecomburent substance
Spanish comburente
- comburentecomburent substance
Cite this entry
comburent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comburent
“comburent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comburent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comburent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comburent.
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