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FIRE RETARDANT

Specialty Definition: FIRE RETARDANT

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: FIRE RETARDANT

Synonyms by domain: fire-retardant (public administrationpublic administration, food & agriculturemechanical engineering, meteorology & standardschemical industry, industry).

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Synonyms within Context: FIRE RETARDANT

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: FIRE RETARDANT

Specialty definitions using "FIRE RETARDANT": air tankerfire bomberwater bomber. (references)

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Commercial Usage: FIRE RETARDANT

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fire retardant formulations handbook: wood, paints, plastics, rubber, textiles, paper, building materials (reference)

  • Handbook of Fire Retardant Coatings and Fire Testing Service (reference)

  • Nfpa 703: Standard for Fire Retardant Impregnated Wood and Fire Retardant Coatings for Building Materials (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: FIRE RETARDANT

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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.

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Expression: FIRE RETARDANT

Expression using "FIRE RETARDANT": fire retardant paint. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FIRE RETARDANT

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fire retardant

63

fire retardant paint

21

fire retardant fabric

21

fire retardant material

16

fire retardant clothing

14

fire retardant spray

12

american fire retardant

11

fire retardant coating

10

fire retardant clothes

10

fire retardant chemical

9

cloths fire retardant

6

cubicle curtain fire retardant window

6

american fire retardant corp

5

fire retardant treated wood

3

fire retardant wood

3

coveralls fire retardant

2

fire retardant textile

2

fire retardant foam

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FIRE RETARDANT

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

   

Portuguese

  

pintura retardadora da propagação de chamas (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint), pintura ignífuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pintura ignífuga (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

brandskyddsfärg (fire retardant paint, fire retarding paint). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FIRE RETARDANT

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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