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combustive

/kəmˈbʌstɪv/

combustive adjective: of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.

Adjective

combustive (comparative more combustive, superlative most combustive)

  1. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.

combustive meaning in Tamil

combustive in Tamil

எரியக்கூடிய

Forms of combustive

comparativemore combustive
superlativemost combustive

Origin of combustive

Borrowed from Latin combustīvus, from combūrō + -īvus. By surface analysis, combust + -ive.

Questions about combustive

What does combustive mean?
Combustive means of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
What is combustive in Tamil?
Combustive in Tamil is எரியக்கூடிய. See Combustive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is combustive?
Combustive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce combustive?
Combustive is pronounced /kəmˈbʌstɪv/.

Words near combustive in the dictionary

  1. combustion triangle
  2. combustion triangles
  3. combustionary
  4. combustions
  5. combustious
  6. combustive
  7. combustor
  8. combustors
  9. combusts
  10. combwise
  11. comby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: combustive (page history and authors); combustive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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