ppe
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 3
Definition of ppe
4 senses · 1 part of speech
noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of personal protective equipment.
“Any time you turn on a power tool, use a saw to cut wood, or get on the roof of your house to make a roof repair, PPE can help protect you.”
“The home secretary has said she is sorry if people feel there has been a failure to supply sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to NHS staff, as it was revealed that 19 UK health workers had died after contracting coronavirus.”
“In addition, there are basic PPE principles and practices that must be understood to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in handling a pesticide.”
“Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel.”
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noun
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of personal protective equipment.
“Any time you turn on a power tool, use a saw to cut wood, or get on the roof of your house to make a roof repair, PPE can help protect you.”
“The home secretary has said she is sorry if people feel there has been a failure to supply sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to NHS staff, as it was revealed that 19 UK health workers had died after contracting coronavirus.”
“In addition, there are basic PPE principles and practices that must be understood to protect the health and safety of everyone involved in handling a pesticide.”
“Having donned our PPE, we walk through the site to the prefab that controls access to the tunnel.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of property, plant, and equipment.
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(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of philosophy, politics and economics, a university degree course.
“With his sights on the astonishingly narrow educational formation of the government and opposition front benches, he says: ‘PPE has a lot to answer for.’”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of PCBoard programming executable: a software component used to extend the features of a bulletin board system.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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