Usually means: Fibrous mineral used in insulation.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. asbestos: Merriam-Webster
  2. asbestos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. asbestos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. asbestos: Collins English Dictionary
  5. asbestos: Vocabulary.com
  6. Asbestos, asbestos: Wordnik
  7. asbestos: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. asbestos: Wiktionary
  9. asbestos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. asbestos (asbestus): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. asbestos: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. asbestos: Dictionary.com
  13. asbestos: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. asbestos: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Asbestos (disambiguation), Asbestos, The Asbestos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Asbestos: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. asbestos: Rhymezone
  18. Asbestos: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. asbestos: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. asbestos: FreeDictionary.org
  21. asbestos: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. asbestos: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. asbestos: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. asbestos: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. asbestos: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. asbestos: Financial dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. asbestos: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. asbestos: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. asbestos: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Asbestos: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. asbestos: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. asbestos: Medical dictionary
  8. Asbestos: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Asbestos: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. asbestos: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. asbestos: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Asbestos: Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. asbestos: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  4. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
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  7. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (mineralogy) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
noun:  (mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms
noun:  (colloquial, attributive) The supposed material composing part of the body that is impervious to heat, or by extension other unpleasant sensations; especially hot or spicy food.
verb:  To coat or line with asbestos.
verb:  To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
verb:  (figurative) To insulate or buffer.
noun:  Former name of Val des Sources.; A town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
noun:  Former name of Les Sources.; A regional county municipality of Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada
noun:  Alternative spelling of Asbest; A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia [A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia]

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