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Webster 1913 Edition


Incremable

In-crem′a-ble

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not + L.
cremabilis
combustible, fr.
cremare
to burn.]
Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Incremable

INCREM'ABLE

,
Adj.
[L. in and cremo.] That cannot be burnt. [not used.]

Definition 2024


incremable

incremable

English

Adjective

incremable (comparative more incremable, superlative most incremable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Incombustible; resistant to being burnt.
    • 1658: incombustible sheets made with a texture of Asbestos, incremable flax, or Salamanders wool, which preserved their bones and ashes incommixed. — Sir Thoams Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 27)