intumescent

Meaning of intumescent

noun
  1. Any substance that swells on exposure to heat, thus increasing in volume and decreasing in density.
    Intumescents are used in some fire protection systems.

adjective

That becomes swollen, especially upon exposure to heat

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Hyphenation of intumescent

in-tu-mes-cent

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • intumescent is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

intumescent synonyms

Meaning bloated:

bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid

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