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# hazard

noun (a hazard, hazards); verb (hazard, hazards, hazarded, hazarding — formal)

«hazard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A hazard is something that could hurt you or cause damage, a danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#m1)
2. To hazard a guess means to make a guess when you are not sure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#m2)
3. "At all hazards" means whatever the risk or cost, no matter what happens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#m3)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons, pupils spot hazards at home, at school, on the road and in the science lab: wet floors, sharp objects, hot liquids, chemicals, electricity, traffic. Hazard signs and symbols (often yellow triangles) warn of danger. «Hazard lights» on a car flash to warn other drivers. In golf, a hazard is a sand trap or water. Phrases: fire hazard, health hazard, safety hazard, hazard warning, hazard a guess.

### Examples

- A wet floor is a hazard, so walk carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x1)
- Toys left on the stairs are a trip hazard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x2)
- Piles of paper near a heater are a fire hazard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x3)
- Smoking is a hazard to your health. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x4)
- The yellow sign on the bottle shows it is a chemical hazard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x5)
- The car stopped with its hazard lights flashing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x6)
- I don't know the answer, but I'll hazard a guess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x7)
- All at once she remembered that it would be death to this poor officer if he lost the letter, and that at all hazards she must put it back again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/#x8)

### Note

Countable: hazards. Adjective: «hazardous» (dangerous). A hazard is the thing that could hurt you; a «risk» is how likely it is to hurt you. The verb is mostly used in «hazard a guess».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hazard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hazard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hazard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hazard.html) on Mova free.