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Tending to delay
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retardant
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Word definitions for retardant in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from retard (v.) + -ant or from Latin retardantem (nominative retardans ), present participle of retardare . From 1952 as a noun, "retardant substance."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context often in combination English) Serving to retard (slow down) the action of something n. (context often in combination English) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" [syn: retardent , retardation ]
Usage examples of retardant.
If we find a hotspot, we dig it out with a jacksmith or spray it cold with retardant from our splash packs.
Aerosol sprays, asbestos, fiberglass, building materials of various types, dry cleaning fluids, spot removers, rug and upholstery cleaners, fabric finishes and cements, antistatic agents and fabric softeners, shoe-care products, spray starch, flame retardant, furniture and floor products, detergent soaps, lead soldered pipes, gasoline, oven cleaners, drain cleaners, bleaches, toilet bowl cleaners, window cleaners, scouring powders, plastics of various types and many more common household products may injure or kill.
While automatic sprays deluge the inner ditch with fire retardant foam to seal off the air and extinguish the flames, underground pumps drain the remaining contents of the damaged tank.
By the time a sufficiency of nonreactive chemical retardants and suppressants could be brought from Aurora City, much of the glorious but debauched fair should be reduced to wind-blown cinders among which would drift the carbonized components of as many baked bugs as possible.
This entire chamber is going to be filled with flame retardant foam.
The plaid jacket the fellow had been wearing was flame retardant, the same jacket worn by bush pilots throughout the region.