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Word: Combustion
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin combustio(n-), from Latin comburere ‘burn up’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈbʌstʃ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the process of burning something
Short Definition:process of burning something
Examples:- the combustion of fossil fuels
- a large combustion plant
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