slah-tor

asbestos

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

slɒtoɾ

Sound out slah-tor letter by letter:

• sss as in 'sun'
• lll as in 'love'
• ahɒo as in British 'lot'
• ttt as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
• ooo as in 'go'
• rɾlightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'

of, made of, or containing one or the other of these two mineral forms (adj.)

• slah-tukh — asbestos