Retardant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Retardant is an adjective meaning (often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something.
Meaning
(often in combination) Serving to impede (slow down) the action of something.
More Meanings
- (often in combination) Something that serves to retard (slow down) the action of something.
Example Sentences
It took until last year for mattresses and furniture containing the highly toxic retardant deca-BDE to be banned, under European law, from sale. […] To make matters worse, far from saving us from fires, flame retardants appear to increase the risk.
Word Forms
- retardants
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include timer, flame, fire, brominated, inhibitatory, contrastimulant.
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