hazmat
US/ˈhæzˌmæt/
hazmat noun: hazardous material(s).
Noun (1)
hazmat (countable and uncountable, plural hazmats)
- Hazardous material(s).
- hazmat suit
- No, but one day I got a letter in the mail, I opened it up and a puff of powder came all over my face and my chest. […] They said, “Don’t move, stay in the room.” And they got the hazmat people. So they came, they sprayed me down and all that.2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2021
- Synonyms:
- dangerous goods, HM/DG
Noun (2) capitalized: HazMat
HazMat (countable and uncountable, plural HazMats)
- Alternative form of hazmat.
Synonyms of hazmat
Forms of hazmat
| plural | hazmats |
|---|---|
| alternative form | haz-mat |
| alternative form | Haz-Mat |
| alternative form | HAZMAT |
| alternative form | HazMat |
| plural | HazMats |
Origin of hazmat
Blend of hazardous + material.
Words formed from hazmat
Phrases with hazmat
Questions about hazmat
- What does hazmat mean?
- Hazmat means hazardous material(s).
- What part of speech is hazmat?
- Hazmat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hazmat?
- Hazmat is pronounced /ˈhæzˌmæt/ (US).
- What is the plural of hazmat?
- The plural of hazmat is hazmats.
Words near hazmat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hazmat (page history and authors); HazMat (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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