[asˈbɛstɒs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a highly heat-resistant fibrous silicate mineral that can be woven into fabrics, and is used in brake linings and in fire-resistant and insulating materials
(e.g: asbestos was used for pipe insulation)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century, via Latin from Greek asbestos ‘unquenchable’ (applied by Dioscurides to quicklime), from a- ‘not’ + sbestos (from sbennumi ‘quench’)