Asbestos - English meaning
Asbestos – definitions in English dictionary
nounA highly heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral that can be woven into fabrics, and is used in brake linings and in fire-resistant and insulating materials.
Usage examples:
Asbestos was used for pipe insulation
nounA soft, gray-white material that does not burn and was used in buildings as a protection against fire, and as a form of insulation (= way of stopping heat from escaping)
Usage examples:
Inhaling asbestos fibers can make you sick.
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Word origin
early 17th century, via Latin from Greek asbestos ‘unquenchable’ (applied by Dioscurides to quicklime), from a- ‘not’ + sbestos (from sbennumi ‘quench’).
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