"hazardous material" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hazardous materials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hazardous material (plural hazardous materials)
  1. A material, natural or man-made, which is intrinsically dangerous or otherwise poses a safety hazard, such as materials which are explosive, poisonous, chemically active (including acids and other corrosives), radioactive, or biologically active (including human blood and other medical waste). Wikipedia link: hazardous material Synonyms: dangerous goods Derived forms: hazmat Translations (substances, which are intrinsically dangerous): 危險物質 (Chinese Mandarin), 危险物质 (wēixiǎn wùzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), vaarallinen aine (Finnish), Gefahrgut [neuter] (German), material perigoso [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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