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hazmat

hazmat

See also: HazMat and haz-mat

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Noun

hazmat (plural hazmats)

  1. hazardous materials

Usage notes

Often used adjectivally, 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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