hazmat

/ˈhæzˌmæt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

"hazmat suit"
"No, but one day I got a letter in the mail, I opened it up and a puff of powder came all over my face and my chest. […] They said, “Don’t move, stay in the room.” And they got the hazmat people. So they came, they sprayed me down and all that."

Blend of hazardous + material.

HazMats (plural) haz-mat (alternative)

hazmatted

dangerous goods HM/DG

Questions

How do you pronounce hazmat?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæzˌmæt/.

What does hazmat mean?

Alternative form of hazmat.

Where does hazmat come from?

Blend of hazardous + material.

How to pronounce hazmat

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