"fire-retardant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fire-retardant [comparative], most fire-retardant [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} fire-retardant (comparative more fire-retardant, superlative most fire-retardant)
  1. Hard to ignite; not flammable. Categories (topical): Fire
    Sense id: en-fire-retardant-en-adj-Smd10kO0 Disambiguation of Fire: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire retardant

Noun

Forms: fire-retardants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire-retardant (plural fire-retardants)
  1. A substance that makes an object resistant to burning. Synonyms: flame-retardant, fire-resistant
    Sense id: en-fire-retardant-en-noun-ztRAc8-4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire retardant

Inflected forms

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