Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hazmat suit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: haz-mat -suit
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An impermeable suit covering the entire body to protect from biological or chemical hazards.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits."
"[…] put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit"
"Boatload after boatload of blue plasticky figures appeared, to be loaded on to coaches by health workers in hazmat suits and face masks."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

hazmat suits (plural)

Phrases

suit of armour suit up mask up

Frequently Paired Words

HM/DG suit of armour suit up mask up

Questions

What does hazmat suit mean?: An impermeable suit covering the entire body to protect from biological or chemical hazards.

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