Usually means: Reduces flammability, slows down burning.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire-retardant: Merriam-Webster
  2. fire-retardant, fire-retardant: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fire-retardant: Vocabulary.com
  4. fire-retardant: Wordnik
  5. fire-retardant: Wiktionary
  6. fire-retardant: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. fire-retardant: Dictionary.com
  8. Fire-retardant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. fire-retardant: Rhymezone
  10. fire-retardant: FreeDictionary.org
  11. fire-retardant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. fire-retardant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fire-retardant: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fire-retardant: Medical dictionary

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adjective:  Hard to ignite; not flammable.
noun:  A substance that makes an object resistant to burning.

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