COMBUSTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does combustion mean?
• COMBUSTION (noun)
The noun COMBUSTION has 3 senses:
1. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
2. a state of violent disturbance and excitement
3. the act of burning something
Familiarity information: COMBUSTION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• COMBUSTION (noun)
Meaning:
A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
combustion; burning
Hypernyms ("combustion" is a kind of...):
oxidation; oxidisation; oxidization (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combustion"):
deflagration (combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat)
fire; flame; flaming (the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke)
internal combustion (the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine))
Meaning:
A state of violent disturbance and excitement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable
Hypernyms ("combustion" is a kind of...):
garboil; tumult; tumultuousness; uproar (a state of commotion and noise and confusion)
Meaning:
The act of burning something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
burning; combustion
Context example:
the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
Hypernyms ("combustion" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combustion"):
arson; fire-raising; incendiarism (malicious burning to destroy property)
firing; ignition; inflammation; kindling; lighting (the act of setting something on fire)
incineration (the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes)
