hazmat

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US/ˈhæzˌmæt/

noun

Hazardous material(s).

“hazmat suit”

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dangerous goodsHM/DG
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Meanings

hazmat1

nounhazmat (countable and uncountable, plural hazmats)

plural hazmats · alternative haz-mat · alternative Haz-Mat · alternative HAZMAT · alternative HazMat

  1. USattributivecountableoftenuncountableHazardous material(s).

    hazmat suit

    1 more example

    No, but one day I got a letter in the mail, I opened it up and a puff of powder came all over my face and my chest. […] They said, “Don’t move, stay in the room.” And they got the hazmat people. So they came, they sprayed me down and all that.

    2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2021

    Synonyms: dangerous goods, HM/DG

HazMat2

nounHazMat (countable and uncountable, plural HazMats)

plural HazMats

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of hazmat.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHazardous material(s).

Similar
dangerous goodsHM/DG

Origin

Blend of hazardous + material.

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APA

hazmat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazmat

MLA

“hazmat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazmat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hazmat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hazmat.

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