Durable \Du"ra*ble\, a. [L. durabilis, fr. durare to last: cf.
F. durable. See Dure.]
Able to endure or continue in a particular condition;
lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or
decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable
happiness.
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Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and
righteousness. --Prov. viii.
18.
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An interest which from its object and grounds must be
so durable. --De Quincey.
Syn: Lasting; permanent; enduring; firm; stable; continuing;
constant; persistent. See Lasting.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
durable
adj 1: existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a
long-lasting friendship" [syn: lasting, long-lasting,
long-lived]
2: serviceable for a long time; "durable denim jeans" [syn: long-wearing]
3: very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn
away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the
ancient Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn: indestructible,
perdurable, undestroyable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "durable":
abiding, adamantine, age-long, aged, ancient, antique, bulky,
cartilaginous, changeless, chewy, chronic, cohesive, constant,
continuing, coriaceous, dense, dependable, diuturnal, enduring,
evergreen, fast, fibrous, firm, fixed, frozen, gristly, hard,
hardy, heavy, immobile, immutable, indestructible, intact,
intransient, inveterate, inviolate, lasting, leatherlike, leathery,
long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval,
longevous, macrobiotic, massive, of long duration,
of long standing, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent,
perpetual, persistent, persisting, quiescent, reliable, remaining,
resistant, rigid, ropy, rugged, sempervirent, sinewy, solid, sound,
stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stiff,
stout, stringy, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantial, sustained,
tenacious, torpid, tough, tough as leather, unaltered,
unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed,
unfading, unfailing, unshifting, untiring, unvaried, unvarying,
unyielding, vigorous, viscid, vital, well-built, well-constructed,
well-founded, well-grounded, well-made, wiry
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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