Modifies a noun

• liquid: The Squadron also conducted trials with drop tanks filled with what, at the time, was called an ' inflammable liquid ' .

• gas: The gasbags were inflated with hydrogen, a highly inflammable gas that was highly purified to minimize the risk of fire.

• substance: No highly inflammable substances are brought into the hall.

• material: The " carriers " , dressed in fancy costume, balance on their head the end of a barrel filled with inflammable material.

• air: A very powerful blower of inflammable air was got in sinking this pit, at the depth of 65 fathoms.

• matter: The alkali was apparently dry in this experiment; and it seemed probable that the inflammable matter arose form its decomposition.

Modifying Another Word

• highly: March 7, 2006 A delivery van packed with highly inflammable gas cylinders crashes in an East Herts village.

• very: It is slightly lighter than air, and when mixed with air is very inflammable.

• extremely: It is an anesthetic, and is extremely inflammable.

• not: The bag is unlikely to burn if it remains in the chimney and the handgrip is not inflammable.