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Definition of "uninflammable" [uninflammable]

  • Not inflammable; not capable of being inflamed or set on fire, in a literal or figurative sense.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "uninflammable" in a sentence
  • "And as this continually occurred, so great an expenditure of breath involved a necessity for stimulating herself also with the contents of the keg, an operation at which the old lady was amazingly au fait; for she took such hearty swigs as quite surprised Rashleigh, who frequently wondered with what kind of uninflammable composition her throat must be lined, to enable her to gulp down this liquid lava."
  • "As it was perfectly uninflammable, it might have made most excellent fire-bricks."
  • "Mr E.O. Brown, of Woolwich Arsenal, discovered that perfectly wet and uninflammable compressed gun-cotton could be easily detonated by the detonation of a priming charge of the dry material in contact with it."