nontoxic

See also: non-toxic

English

Alternative forms

• non-toxic

Etymology

non- +‎ toxic

Adjective

nontoxic (not comparable)

1. Not toxic; not poisonous.

   Hypernyms: harmless, innocuous

   Synonym: nonpoisonous

   Antonyms: poisonous, toxic

Translations

Translations

• Italian: atossico (it)
• Marathi: बिनविषारी (mr) (binviṣārī)
• Polish: atoksyczny, nietoksyczny

Noun

nontoxic (plural nontoxics)

1. A substance that is not toxic.
   • 1997, Karen Logan, Clean House Clean Planet, page 101:

     I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics.

   • 2008, Phil Bourjaily, “New Age Birdshot”, in Field & Stream, volume 113, number 2, page 26:

     The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.