Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being reduced to ashes: as, incinerable matter.

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

  • adjective Capable of being incinerated or reduced to ashes.

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  • adjective That can be incinerated (destroyed by burning).

Etymologies

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incinerate +‎ -able

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Examples

  • But other incinerable substances were found so fresh, that they could feel no singe from fire.

    Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial 2007

  • Moreover, the theory asserted that all combustible, or incinerable, things are composed of phlogiston, and another principle, or, as was often said, another element, which is different in different kinds of combustible substances.

    The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry M. M. Pattison Muir

  • About 595 TPA incinerable hazardous waste and about 73 TPA recyclable waste is generated from South Delhi, which is about 34 per cent of the total incinerable waste generation and 12 per cent of the total recyclable waste generation in the city.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • About 595 TPA incinerable hazardous waste and about 73 TPA recyclable waste is generated from South Delhi, which is about 34 per cent of the total incinerable waste generation and 12 per cent of the total recyclable waste generation in the city.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • About 595 TPA incinerable hazardous waste and about 73 TPA recyclable waste is generated from South Delhi, which is about 34 per cent of the total incinerable waste generation and 12 per cent of the total recyclable waste generation in the city.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • About 595 TPA incinerable hazardous waste and about 73 TPA recyclable waste is generated from South Delhi, which is about 34 per cent of the total incinerable waste generation and 12 per cent of the total recyclable waste generation in the city.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • But other incinerable substances were found so fresh, that they could feel no singe from fire.

    Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend 1643

  • Prompted by the accident, the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) in April 2008 set up a committee under its former adviser R K Garg to stipulate detailed and explicit guidelines for storage of incinerable hazardous waste at captive incinerators and tsdfs, which are landfills with or without incinerators.

    Down To Earth 2009

  • The advanced oil filter system eliminates oil spills and contains an incinerable filter element-more efficient disposal than the typical spin-on filters, which are disposed of in landfill sites.

    Autoblog 2009

  • s were not bound by any time limit for storing hazardous incinerable waste, though being reactive and inflammable, the waste is risky to store - beil and the factory inspector in Ankleshwar believe the April fire occurred due to a reaction between the waste and the steel drum in which it was stored.

    Down To Earth 2009

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