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combustibles

combustibles is the plural of combustible.

Meaning of combustible

Noun

combustible (plural combustibles)

  1. A material that is capable of burning.
    • A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 248
  2. (tobacco industry) A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette.
    • In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing.2025 June 14, “Big Tobacco stock rally reveals smokeless future is still a long way off”, in FT Weekend (Lex. section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16

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Questions about combustibles

What is combustibles the plural of?
Combustibles is the plural of combustible.

Words near combustibles in the dictionary

  1. combusters
  2. combustibilities
  3. combustibility
  4. combustible
  5. combustibleness
  6. combustibles
  7. combustibly
  8. combusting
  9. combustion
  10. combustion chamber
  11. combustion chambers

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