different between asbestous vs asbestos

English

Etymology

asbestos +? -ous

Adjective

asbestous (comparative more asbestous, superlative most asbestous)

1. Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.

Synonyms

• asbestic

English

Alternative forms

• asbestus (dated)

Etymology

From Old French abestos, from Latin asbestos, itself from Ancient Greek ???????? (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”), from ??- (a-, “not”) + ???????? (sbénn?mi, “I quench, quell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æs.?b?s.t?s/, /æs.?b?s.t?s/, /æz.?b?s.t?s/

Noun

asbestos (countable and uncountable, plural asbestoses or (rare) asbesti)

1. (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.

2. (mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms

Hyponyms

• (forms of magnesium silicate): serpentine: parachrysotile, amianthus, common asbestos, chrysotile
  • amphibole: blue asbestos, crocidolite, riebeckite; amosite, brown asbestos; crocidolite; tremolite/tremolite asbestos; actinolite/actinolite asbestos; anthophyllite/anthophyllite asbestos
• (asbestiform): richterite, winchite

Coordinate terms

• amianthus (a type of asbestos)

Derived terms

Translations

References

• asbestos at OneLook Dictionary Search
• asbestos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

asbestos (third-person singular simple present asbestoses, present participle asbestosing, simple past and past participle asbestosed)

1. To coat or line with asbestos.
2. Exposed to asbestos; suffering from asbestosis.
3. (metaphoric) Insulated or buffered.