Meaning

3 senses

  1. To coat or line with asbestos.

  2. To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.

  3. (figuratively)To insulate or buffer.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Breathing asbestos dust is dangerous to health.

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  2. Tom has been exposed to asbestos on the job.

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  3. They say that asbestos water tanks represent a threat to health.

    ruГоворят, что асбестовые ёмкости для воды представляют опасность для здоровья. — odexed

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  4. They say that water tanks made from asbestos can pose a health risk.

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  5. Gaskets for specific applications, such as high pressure steam systems, may contain asbestos.

    deDichtungen für bestimmte Anwendungen, wie zum Beispiel Hochdruckdampfsysteme, können Asbest enthalten. — Yorwba

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin asbestos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásb

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin asbestos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos), from ἀ- (a-) + σβεστός (sbestós). Compare Middle English asbestus and Old French abestos.

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Forms

asbestoses, asbestosing, asbestosed, asbestosed
Base formasbestos · to asbestos
3rd person singularasbestoses
Present participleasbestosing
Past simpleasbestosed
Past participleasbestosed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyasbestos
he, she, itasbestoses

Past simpleLesson

all personsasbestosed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave asbestosed
he, she, ithas asbestosed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill asbestos

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
asA1ascendascendantascent

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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