hazmat

See also: HazMat and haz-mat

English

Alternative forms

• haz-mat, Haz-Mat, HAZMAT, HazMat

Etymology

Blend of hazardous +‎ material

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæzˌmæt/

Noun

hazmat (plural hazmats)

1. (US, often attributive) Hazardous material(s).

   Synonym: dangerous goods

   Coordinate term: biohazard

   hazmat suit

   • 2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Translations

hazardous material — see hazardous material

Further reading

• Dangerous goods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• matzah