Durable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and
           righteousness.                           --Prov. viii.
                                                    18.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           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}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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