ASBESTOS
- A heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral that can be woven into fabrics, and is used in fire-resistant and insulating materials such as brake linings
- Fabric containing such a mineral
- a mineral (a naturally occurring inorganic substance having a characteristic set of physical properties) [n ASBESTOSES] : ASBESTIC [adj], ASBESTINE [adj], ASBESTOUS [adj]
- fine fibrous mineral made into incombustible material, also ASBESTUS [n -ES]