"fire diamond" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire diamonds [plural]
Etymology: One of the four divisions of the diamond-shaped symbol indicates flammability. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire diamond (plural fire diamonds)
  1. (informal) A coloured diamond symbol identifying the specific risks posed by a hazardous material according to the NFPA 704 classification. Wikipedia link: fire diamond Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fire_diamond-en-noun-uzcSH1R6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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