hazmat

See also: HazMat and haz-mat

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of hazardous +‎ material

Alternative forms

Noun

hazmat (plural hazmats)

  1. hazardous materials

Usage notes

Often used attributively, as in the term hazmat suit, the term hazmat (also capitalized as HAZMAT or hyphenated as Haz-Mat) is chiefly used in the US. The equivalent term in the rest of the English-speaking world is dangerous goods.

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