Usually means: Substance that reduces flammability, spread.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word fire retardant:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. fire-retardant, fire retardant: Merriam-Webster
  2. fire-retardant, fire-retardant, fire retardant: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fire-retardant: Vocabulary.com
  4. fire-retardant: Wordnik
  5. fire-retardant, fire retardant: Wiktionary
  6. fire-retardant: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. fire-retardant, fire retardant: Dictionary.com
  8. Fire-retardant, Fire retardant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. fire-retardant: Rhymezone
  10. fire-retardant, fire retardant: FreeDictionary.org
  11. fire-retardant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. fire-retardant, fire retardant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. fire retardant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Fire retardant: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fire retardant)

▸ noun:  Any of several substances used to delay or prevent combustion when used as a coating or component of a combustible material

Similar:
incombustible, fire-resistant, noncombustible, fire-resisting, fire-resistive, fire-retardant, flame retardant, flame-retardant, retardant, antifoam, more...

Opposite:
flammable, combustible, ignitable

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Similar:
incombustible, fire-resistant, noncombustible, fire-resisting, fire-resistive, fire-retardant, flame retardant, flame-retardant, retardant, antifoam, more...

Opposite:
flammable, combustible, ignitable



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