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comburivorous

comburivorous adjective: consuming a relatively large amount of the supporter of combustion.

Adjective

comburivorous (comparative more comburivorous, superlative most comburivorous)

  1. (obsolete) Consuming a relatively large amount of the supporter of combustion.
    • the comburivorous power of gas

Forms of comburivorous

comparativemore comburivorous
superlativemost comburivorous

Questions about comburivorous

What does comburivorous mean?
Comburivorous means consuming a relatively large amount of the supporter of combustion.
What part of speech is comburivorous?
Comburivorous is an adjective.

Words near comburivorous in the dictionary

  1. comburgesses
  2. comburimeter
  3. comburimeters
  4. comburimetry
  5. comburing
  6. comburivorous
  7. combust
  8. combusted
  9. combuster
  10. combusters
  11. combustibilities

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