English Dictionary
Definition of “hazard”
hazard (ˈhæzəd
)
Definitions
noun
- exposure or vulnerability to injury, loss, evil, etc
- See at hazard
- a thing likely to cause injury, etc
- golf an obstacle such as a bunker, a road, rough, water, etc
- chance; accident (esp in the phrase by hazard)
- a gambling game played with two dice
- real tennis
- the receiver's side of the court
- one of the winning openings
- billiards a scoring stroke made either when a ball other than the striker's is pocketed (winning hazard) or the striker's cue ball itself (losing hazard)
verb (tr)
- to chance or risk
- to venture (an opinion, guess, etc)
- to expose to danger
Alternative Forms
ˈhazardable adjective ˈhazard-ˌfree adjective Word Origin
C13: from Old French hasard, from Arabic az-zahr the die
Synonyms
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danger,
risk,
threat,
problem,
menace,
peril,
jeopardy,
pitfall,
endangerment,
imperilment,
Usage examples
The whole tableau was framed by winking hazard lanterns mounted on the Light Rail pylons.
Baxter, Stephen, Anti-Ice (1993)The risk of viral (or prion) infections is only the latest hazard to be identified in the history of blood transfusion.
New Scientist (1998)Once manufactured genes or robots remove effort and hazard from our lives, the ability to stretch and mature simply disappears.
Globe and Mail (2003)Perhaps an appropriately random, foreign end for a guru of international ` hazard ".
Independent (1998)I bent down and picked up the discarded false teeth, putting them in my pocket -- they were a trip hazard lying there.
Christopher Ross, TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
