Used in a Sentence

burnable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for burnable.

Editorial note

Compounding the problem is in the original Zelda a rock was pushable/not-pushable, a tree was burnable/not-burnable, a wall was bombable/not-bombable.

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Quick take

Anything that can be burned.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of burnable gathered in one view.

noun

Anything that can be burned.

adjective

Able to be burned; combustible

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for burnable.

Example sentences

1

Compounding the problem is in the original Zelda a rock was pushable/not-pushable, a tree was burnable/not-burnable, a wall was bombable/not-bombable.

2

Reusing it means reprocessing to extract the Plutonium, which is burnable in a reactor (particularly as MOX).

3

You swap a plentiful greenhouse gas for another greenhouse gas that is burnable at no net environmental cost.

4

They are a massive improvement to burnable cigarettes and while the reliability of them is a pain it is improving.

5

Buying a large pack of burnable DVDs is a lot cheaper and sustainable than using SD-cards like other commenters suggested.

6

Just do the same as the great britain BSI: forbid the sale of burnable flags.

7

The only deals I found were on burnable media, and on a crappy movie which I love dearly.

8

They are probably made from some petrolium-based plastic, so they probably aren't very burnable and thinking on it you don't want them flammable.

9

For example, you might use the burnable folder icon if your software allows the user to organize content for burning onto an optical disk.

10

Took a manual process to set up, but after that it was freely distributable and burnable, and played without any modification to the console.

11

Back in the heyday of torrents and burnable optical disks, retail DVD players could usually play random video files procured from the high seas.

12

For every kw of energy invested you'd get 9kw burnable fuel.

Quote examples

1

The short version is there is no "diesel atom or molecule" its a mixture of vaguely burnable substances.

2

It reminds me of the "burnable CDs will keep your data for 30 years!" phase we went through.

3

By "all the energy" I don't just mean consuming all the solar energy from all the stars, and using all the fissionable material in reactors, and fusing everything that can fuse, and burning all the burnable stuff.

4

Which will likely go up once burnable money runs out / the providers switch from "market acquisition" to "let's try to make this thing profitable at all".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use burnable in a sentence?

Compounding the problem is in the original Zelda a rock was pushable/not-pushable, a tree was burnable/not-burnable, a wall was bombable/not-bombable.

What does burnable mean?

Anything that can be burned.

What part of speech is burnable?

burnable is commonly used as noun, adjective.