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flame retardants

flame retardants is the plural of flame retardant.

Meaning of flame retardant

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

Questions about flame retardants

What is flame retardants the plural of?
Flame retardants is the plural of flame retardant.

Words near flame retardants in the dictionary

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

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