Meanings
- not comparableWithout asbestos.
The public has learned that there is such a thing as an asbestosless asbestos curtain.
1904 January 3, “Sentence Sermons”, in Chicago Tribune, volume 63, number 1, page 163 more examples
[…] experimental asbestosless insulation was under test on the 16th floor of the World Trade Center.
1970, “The Asbestos Threat”, in Today's Health, volume 48, numbers 7–12, page 31Furnace me anyway, won't you.— that monster occupant in your basement, asbestosless I'll bet, and powerful mean.
2003, Christopher Stieber, “The Blind Date Watches Her Pay Her Bills”, in Indiana Review, volume 25, number 2, page 23Teresa was in a deep, lovely, dreamless, asbestosless, pain-free sleep. Why is he pulling her into the living room? What's the rush? He never rushes. Is there a fire?
2013, Greg Kearney, The Desperates: A Novel, Toronto, Ont.: Cormorant Books, →ISBN, page 276
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)gʷes-der.?
- Ancient Greekσβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi)
- Ancient Greekσβεστός (sbestós)
- Ancient Greekἄσβεστος (ásbestos)
- Classical Latinasbesto
- Englishasbestos
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishasbestosless
Cite this entry
asbestosless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asbestosless
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