"asbestos" meaning in All languages combined

See asbestos on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæs.bɛs.tɒs/ [UK] Forms: asbestos [singular], – [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|asbestos|none}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Asbestos is a mineral which is found naturally in all parts of the world. It is fibrous, heat resistant and non-flammable. The small fibres can cause cancer when in the lungs.
    Sense id: simple-asbestos-en-noun-XhqkS78G
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asbestos",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "asbestos",
        "2": "none"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Asbestos is a mineral which is found naturally in all parts of the world. It is fibrous, heat resistant and non-flammable. The small fibres can cause cancer when in the lungs."
      ],
      "id": "simple-asbestos-en-noun-XhqkS78G",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæs.bɛs.tɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"{s.bEs.tQs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asbestos"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "asbestos",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "asbestos",
        "2": "none"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Asbestos is a mineral which is found naturally in all parts of the world. It is fibrous, heat resistant and non-flammable. The small fibres can cause cancer when in the lungs."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæs.bɛs.tɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"{s.bEs.tQs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "asbestos"
}

Download raw JSONL data for asbestos meaning in All languages combined (0.6kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.