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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fire-retardant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
fire-re-tar-dant
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hard to ignite; not flammable.

noun

A substance that makes an object resistant to burning.

Inflected Forms

more fire-retardant (comparative) most fire-retardant (superlative) fire retardant (alternative) fire-retardants (plural)

Synonyms

flame-retardant fire-resistant fire-resisting fire-resistive

Questions

What does fire-retardant mean?
Hard to ignite; not flammable.

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