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retardants

retardants is the plural of retardant.

Meaning of retardant

Noun

retardant (plural retardants)

  1. (in-compounds, often) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something.
    • It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.2020 February 26, George Monbiot, “Toxic sofas are a secret scandal – and an ‘EU red tape’ bonfire will make it worse”, in The Guardian

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Phrases with retardants

Questions about retardants

What is retardants the plural of?
Retardants is the plural of retardant.

Words near retardants in the dictionary

  1. retardance
  2. retardances
  3. retardancies
  4. retardancy
  5. retardant
  6. retardants
  7. retardataire
  8. retardate
  9. retardates
  10. retardation
  11. retardational

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