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| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Fabrics chemically treated with special agents to make them retardant or resistant to fire. There is a wide range of -- on the market today. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A substance or treatment, such as monoammonium sulfate, that reduces the combustibility of a material. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Any substance that by chemical or physical action reduces flammability. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insulation, Fire extinction | {ant. of } insulation, incombustible material, noncombustible material; fire retardant, flame retardant; fire wall, fire door. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: FIRE RETARDANT |
| Specialty definitions using "FIRE RETARDANT": air tanker ♦ fire bomber ♦ water bomber. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
Aviation fuel being loaded onto fire airplane that will take fire retardant to slow down the spread of the fire. Credit: Howard Parman. | Close up view of retardant nozzle re-stocking fire retardant into air tanker at Roswell Air Tanker Base, Roswell, NM. Credit: H. Parman. | ||
Fire retardant drop from an aircraft. Credit: Unknown. | Helicopter dumping fire retardant on a prescribed burn. Credit: Unknown. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "FIRE RETARDANT": fire retardant paint. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "FIRE RETARDANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brandbeskyttende maling (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), brandbeskyttelsesmaling (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onbrandbare verf (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | palonestomaali (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | peinture retardant la propagation (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), peinture ignifuge (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Feuerschutzanstrich (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), Brandschutzanstrich (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυρόφυγο χρώμα (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), επιβραδυντικό χρώμα εξάπλωσης πυρκαγιάς (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vernice ignifuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), pittura ignifuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irefay etardantray pintura retardadora da propagação de chamas (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), pintura ignífuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) pintura ignífuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) brandskyddsfärg (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-f-i-n-r-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: reattained. | |
-4 letters: antidraft, attainder, frittered, fritterer, intreated, irredenta, refrained, reradiate, retardant, retardate, retrained. | |
-5 letters: anteater, antedate, attained, attainer, attender, detainer, draftier, drearier, eradiate, fattened, fattener, feterita, frettier, inferred, inferrer, infrared, interred, iterated, narrated, narrater, nattered, nitrated, raftered, rarefied, rarefier, rattened, rattener, reattain, refitted, retained, retainer, retarder, retinted, retirant, terraria, trendier. | |
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| 1. Synonyms 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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