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flame retardant

flame retardant noun: a chemical used to impart flame resistance.

Noun

flame retardant (plural flame retardants)

  1. A chemical used to impart flame resistance.
    • The analysis examined about 20 years of flame retardant research and includes an interactive map showing the location and type of animal found to be contaminated. It brings into sharp focus the breadth of flame retardant pollution and dangers it poses. […] Several chemical classes are utilized as...2023 October 18, Tom Perkins, “Flame retardant pollution threatens wildlife on all continents, research finds”, in The Guardian

flame retardant meaning in Tamil

flame retardant in Tamil

சுடர் தணிப்பி, தீப்பற்றாத, தீப்பிடிக்காத

Forms of flame retardant

pluralflame retardants

Questions about flame retardant

What does flame retardant mean?
Flame retardant means a chemical used to impart flame resistance.
What is flame retardant in Tamil?
Flame retardant in Tamil is சுடர் தணிப்பி, தீப்பற்றாத, தீப்பிடிக்காத. See Flame retardant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flame retardant?
Flame retardant is a noun.
What is the plural of flame retardant?
The plural of flame retardant is flame retardants.

Words near flame retardant in the dictionary

  1. flame nettle
  2. flame of the forest
  3. flame of the woods
  4. flame out
  5. flame photometry
  6. flame retardant
  7. flame retardants
  8. flame scallop
  9. flame scallops
  10. flame spread
  11. flame structure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flame retardant (page history and authors); flame retardant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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