HyperDic: spontaneous_combustion

English > 1 sense of the expression spontaneous combustion:
NOUNprocessspontaneous combustionignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process
English > spontaneous combustion: 1 sense > noun 1, process
Meaningignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process.
BroaderignitionThe process of initiating combustion or catching fire

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