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# flammable

«flammable» in Mova's school dictionary: **easily set on fire and burning quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (flammable)

### meaning for a pupil

Flammable means easily set on fire and burning quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons, flammable materials include paper, petrol, some gases, aerosol cans and some clothes; flammable labels warn us to keep them away from flames. In everyday life: «Keep away from fire», «highly flammable». Phrases: «highly flammable», «flammable liquid».

### examples

- Petrol is highly flammable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x1)
- Keep flammable things away from the candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x2)
- The can has a «flammable» warning sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x3)
- Paper is flammable but metal is not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x4)
- Never spray aerosol cans near a flame; they are flammable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x5)
- Choose costumes that are not flammable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x6)
- In science we sorted materials into flammable and non-flammable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/#x7)

### note

Big trap: «flammable» and «inflammable» mean the SAME — both mean it burns easily. The opposite is «non-flammable» or «non-combustible». Safety: never play with matches or lighters, and keep flammable things away from heaters. Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Warning symbols on bottles show if a product is corrosive, toxic, flammable or harmful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flammable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flammable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.