fire retardant

noun

Any of several substances used to delay or prevent combustion when used as a coating or component of a combustible material.

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Meanings

nounfire retardant (plural fire retardants)

plural fire retardants

  1. Any of several substances used to delay or prevent combustion when used as a coating or component of a combustible material.

    More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.

    2016 May 4, Nicky Woolf, “Fort McMurray: Canada wildfires force evacuation of oil sands city”, in The Guardian

Translations

Indonesian penghambat api
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Malay pelambat kebakaran, perintang api
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Swedish släckmedel
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Cite this entry
APA

fire retardant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20retardant

MLA

“fire retardant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20retardant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire retardant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire%20retardant.

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