noncombustible love

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not combustible; not able to burn. Opposite of combustible.

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  • adjective That will not readily ignite and burn

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  • adjective not capable of igniting and burning

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Examples

  • Coal dust can mix with the rock dust in the normal course of mine operations, but regulations require that a majority of the dust remain noncombustible.

    Regulators Say West Virginia Mine Didn't Meet Safety Standards 2010

  • MSHA official Kevin Stricklin said that, of 1,800 rock-dust samples collected from the Upper Big Branch mine, the noncombustible content in 79% of the samples was too low.

    Regulators Say West Virginia Mine Didn't Meet Safety Standards 2010

  • Safety officials investigating the Massey Energy coal-mine explosion said most dust samples from the mine had insufficient levels of noncombustible material.

    What's News: World-Wide 2010

  • Makimura saying sorry to Eight saying, “You are not noncombustible trash … you are oversized trash.”

    Hayate no Gotoku! ep 21 « Undercover 2007

  • Apparently, after being defeated by Hayate he was sent off to a junkyard as a noncombustible trash since it was felt he was no longer useful.

    Hayate no Gotoku! ep 21 « Undercover 2007

  • And those homes that have a noncombustible roof, noncombustible siding and defensive space between the home and wild land inner face, they here in a better position.

    CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007 2007

  • All of the others are doing well with their noncombustible roofs.

    CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007 2007

  • So that does indicate that those noncombustible roofs are very helpful.

    CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007 2007

  • Better yet, give him none … cram them so full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information.

    Listening To Voices 2007

  • DURLAND: A lot of noncombustible roof in this area, are this tile, but what people forget sometimes is, as birds will come in the end and build a nest and the embers will follow and it burns from the inside out.

    CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007 2007

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