UNBREAKABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unbreakable mean? 

• UNBREAKABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNBREAKABLE has 1 sense:

1. impossible to break especially under ordinary usage

  Familiarity information: UNBREAKABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNBREAKABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impossible to break especially under ordinary usage

Context example:

unbreakable plastic dinnerwear

Similar:

infrangible (difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts)

shatterproof; splinterless; splinterproof (resistant to shattering or splintering)

Attribute:

breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)

Antonym:

breakable (capable of being broken or damaged)

Derivation:

unbreakableness (a consistency of something that does not break under pressure)

 Context examples 

It was heartbreaking, only Buck’s heart was unbreakable.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He was a patentee of the Openshaw unbreakable tire, and his business met with such success that he was able to sell it and to retire upon a handsome competence.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)