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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
asbestos /azˈbɛstɒs, as-, -təs/

▶noun a highly heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral able to be woven into fabrics, used in brake linings and in fire-resistant and insulating materials.

– origin C17, via L. from Gk asbestos ‘unquenchable’.

'asbestos' also found in these Oxford entries:

actinolite - amianthus - amosite - asbestosis - mesothelioma

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