1A danger or risk.

1. 1.1A potential source of danger.
   ‘a health hazard’
   Más frases de ejemplo

   • ‘There had been concerns about potential health and safety hazards, including the fact that Miss Halliday would have to wear a tightly-fitting corset.’
   • ‘The council has revealed that potential health hazards, like broken rails and track wear and tear, have led to the closure.’
   • ‘Depleted uranium is officially considered to be more of a toxic than a radiological hazard.’
   • ‘He should be alert to the hazards and risks inherent in any professional task he undertakes.’
   • ‘Controls are actions taken to eliminate hazards or reduce risk.’
   • ‘The crew failed to identify hazards, to assess risks and to implement controls.’
   • ‘Once airborne, we received more information and re-evaluated the situation, hazards, and risks.’
   • ‘Some camps have taken the necessary steps to control cooking hazards and the risk of fire.’
   • ‘Security can be regarded as the absence of risks and hazards.’
   • ‘The planning system should guide development to lessen the risk from natural or man made hazards.’
   • ‘What happens if the residual hazards identified in the risk analysis cannot be avoided?’
   • ‘This teaches us to assess and minimize risk by identifying hazards and implementing controls.’
   • ‘After assessing each hazard, you develop one or more controls to either eliminate the hazard or reduce the risk of a mishap.’
   • ‘It was shut following a risk assessment by the council, which identified several dangerous hazards.’
   • ‘If you are confident that you understand the work, you can do the hazard identification and risk assessment yourself.’
   • ‘They claim they face hazards including risks of flood, fire, gas and explosion and should not be expected to work the long shifts.’
   • ‘All employers must identify hazards, assess risks and prepare a safety statement, which must then be communicated to employees.’
   • ‘It identifies the hazards and associated risks and then lists the control measures that need to be put in place.’
   • ‘Another hazard is tending to accident victims or to people who need medical assistance.’
   • ‘I remember that those toys were recalled because they were a choking hazard.’
2. 1.2A permanent feature of a golf course which presents an obstruction to playing a shot, such as a bunker or stream.
   ‘On holes where existing features provided hazards, fairway bunkers were deemed an unnecessary luxury.’
   Más frases de ejemplo

   • ‘Bunkers are hazards, according to the rules of golf.’
   • ‘He hit his tee shot in a hazard.’
   • ‘The solution is to sometimes remind golfers that sand bunkers are a hazard.’
   • ‘One segment in the movie features the group driving golf cars recklessly around a course, jumping over bunkers and water hazards.’
   • ‘Water hazards are especially tricky for grounding your club.’
   • ‘There are powder-white bunkers and marshland as hazards.’
   • ‘An architect probably is in the best position to determine the strategic aspects of the bunker as a hazard.’
   • ‘When you have to carry a hazard or greenside bunker, find out what the yardage is, add 10 yards, and play to that distance.’
   • ‘While bunkers are hazards by the rules of golf, the native grass edging is not a hazard but plays as difficult or even more difficult.’
   • ‘Thinking my ball was lost after hitting a tee shot into a water hazard, l played a provisional ball.’
   • ‘No matter which treatment method is used, the basic rules for maintaining water features and hazards remain the same.’
   • ‘The course provides a stern test for competitors as it features sharp, rolling contours, mini-lake water hazards and sand bunkers.’
   • ‘He got a great kick out of tackling Mount Juliet's delightful putting green with its water hazards and bunkers.’
   • ‘He chased his errant tee shot into a hazard.’
   • ‘A player's tee shot lands in the fairway and rolls toward a water hazard, but the player can't see if it went in.’
   • ‘I guess because of the distance and the water hazard, it seemed like a miracle shot.’
   • ‘You'll see grass bend as balls roll through the rough, or see clouds of sand fly up as an errant shot falls into a hazard.’
   • ‘He planted an awesome approach shot on the green from the edge of a water hazard.’
   • ‘I aim away from the hazard and land safely.’

2literario Chance; probability.

3A gambling game using two dice, in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules.

1Venture to say (something)

2Put (something) at risk of being lost.