In the event that asbestos-covered mesh is found, ensure its safety by damping the asbestos portion to prevent dust release and wrapping in a plastic bag.
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Asbestos
//æsˈbɛs.tɒs//
Synonyms for "asbestos" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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1 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 50 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- asbes noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Albanian
2 entries- amiant noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Arabic
3 entries- أَسْبِسْت noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- أَسْبِسْتُوس noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- أَمْيانْت noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Armenian
1 entries- ազբեստ noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- а́збест noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Burmese
1 entries- ကျောက်ဂွမ်း noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Catalan
2 entries- amiant noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 石棉 noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Czech
1 entries- azbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Danish
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Dutch
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Esperanto
1 entries- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Estonian
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Finnish
1 entries- asbesti noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
French
2 entries- Asbestos name (Asbestos, Quebec)
- amiante noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Georgian
1 entries- აზბესტი noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
German
1 entries- Asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Greek
1 entries- αμίαντος noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Hungarian
1 entries- azbeszt noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Icelandic
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Interlingua
1 entries- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Irish
2 entries- aispeist noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- aispeiste noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Italian
2 entries- amianto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Japanese
2 entries- アスベスト noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- 石綿 noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Kazakh
1 entries- талшықтас noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Khmer
1 entries- អាស្ប៊ែស noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Korean
2 entries- 석면 noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- 애스베스터스 noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Latvian
1 entries- azbests noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Lithuanian
1 entries- asbestas noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആസ്ബസ്റ്റോസ് noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Mongolian
1 entries- асбест noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Māori
1 entries- tēpoko noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Navajo
1 entries- doołikoní noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Polish
1 entries- azbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Portuguese
2 entries- amianto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Romanian
1 entries- azbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Russian
1 entries- асбе́ст noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- àzbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- а̀збест noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Slovak
1 entries- azbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Slovene
1 entries- azbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Spanish
2 entries- amianto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Swedish
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Tagalog
1 entries- asbesto noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Tamil
1 entries- கல்நார் noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Thai
1 entries- แร่ใยหิน noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྡོ་རྒྱུད noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Turkish
1 entries- asbest noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- amiăng noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
- miăng noun (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Asbestos is nasty stuff, and it can cause lung cancer if you breathe in the dust.
Source: tatoeba (1869162)
They say that water tanks made from asbestos can pose a health risk.
Source: tatoeba (2798354)
Tom has been exposed to asbestos on the job.
Source: tatoeba (6949689)
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