HAZARDS
20
Scrabble
19
WWF
H(4) A(1) Z(10) A(1) R(1) D(2) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.“He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.”
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.“The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.”
- (in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.
- A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.
- The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).
verb
- To expose to chance; to take a risk.
- To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.“I'll hazard a guess.”
Source: Wiktionary
