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 Definitions of Asbestos  [æsˈbɛs təs, æz-]  

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Definition of 'Asbestos' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) asbestos
a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles and in building insulation.

2.  asbestos
a fabric woven from asbestos fibers, formerly used for theater curtains, firefighters' gloves, etc.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME asbeston, albeston < MF < L

Definition of 'Asbestos' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) asbestos
a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer


Definition of 'Asbestos' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Asbestos
a variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine


Definitions of 'Asbestos' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Asbestos
1. The white-hope of the damned.

2. A specially prepared paper upon which _The Philistine_ is printed.


Definitions of 'Asbestos' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  Asbestos
[common] Used as a modifier to anything intended to protect one from flames; also in other highly flame-suggestive usages. See, for example, asbestos longjohns and asbestos cork award.


Definition of 'Asbestos' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Asbestos
Asbestos. Fibrous incombustible mineral composed of magnesium and calcium silicates with or without other elements. It is relatively inert chemically and used in thermal insulation and fireproofing. Inhalation of dust causes asbestosis and later lung and gastrointestinal neoplasms.


Translation of 'Asbestos' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of) a mineral that will not burn which can protect against fire
an asbestos suit.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: asbes Arabic flag Arabic: حَرير صَخْري، أسْبيسْتوس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: азбест
Brazilian flag Brazilian: amianto German flag German: der Asbest Danish flag Danish: asbest
Greek flag Greek: αμίαντος Spanish flag Spanish: asbesto Estonian flag Estonian: asbest
Farsi flag Farsi: پنبۀ نسوز Finnish flag Finnish: asbesti French flag French: amiante
Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַסבֶּסט Hindi flag Hindi: ऐसबेस्टस Croatian flag Croatian: azbest
Hungarian flag Hungarian: azbeszt Indonesian flag Indonesian: asbes Icelandic flag Icelandic: asbest
Italian flag Italian: amianto Japanese flag Japanese: 石綿 Korean flag Korean: 석면
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: asbestas Latvian flag Latvian: azbests Malay flag Malay: asestos
Dutch flag Dutch: asbest Norwegian flag Norwegian: asbest Polish flag Polish: azbest
Persian flag Persian: پنبۀ نسوز Pashto flag Pashto: یو نوع ماده چی د پنبی په Portuguese flag Portuguese: amianto
Romanian flag Romanian: azbest Russian flag Russian: асбест Slovak flag Slovak: azbest; azbestový
Slovenian flag Slovenian: azbest Serbian flag Serbian: azbest, azbestni Swedish flag Swedish: asbest
Thai flag Thai: แร่ใยหิน Turkish flag Turkish: amyant, asbest Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 石棉
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: азбест Urdu flag Urdu: ایک معدنی چیز Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: amiăng
Chinese flag Chinese: 石棉

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