All 6 Uses
flammable
in
The Martian
(Edited)
- Unfortunately, the EVA suit is made entirely of nonflammable materials.
p. 160.3nonflammable = not easily set on firestandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in nonflammable means not and reverses the meaning of flammable. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
- But looking through it, I see it's all metal or nonflammable plastic.
p. 160.4
- I just realized I do have something flammable: my own hair.
p. 160.5flammable = easily set on fire
- We have flammables and pure oxygen.
p. 355.6 *flammables = things easily set on fire
- The ship had few flammables aboard, due to the fatal danger of fire.
p. 358.1
- But food, by its very nature, contained flammable hydrocarbons.
p. 358.1flammable = easily set on fire
Definitions:
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(1)
(flammable) easily set on fire
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)