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imperforable

imperforable adjective: incapable of being perforated.

Adjective

imperforable (comparative more imperforable, superlative most imperforable)

  1. incapable of being perforated
    • Larch was ingenuously amazed, while Joolby—to Joolby, wrapped in an imperforable armour of fatalistic certitude, it could be nothing but a passing trial.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
    Synonyms:
    unpierceable

Synonyms of imperforable

Forms of imperforable

comparativemore imperforable
superlativemost imperforable

Origin of imperforable

From in- + perforable.

Questions about imperforable

What does imperforable mean?
Imperforable means incapable of being perforated.
What part of speech is imperforable?
Imperforable is an adjective.

Words near imperforable in the dictionary

  1. imperfectivizing
  2. imperfectly
  3. imperfectness
  4. imperfectnesses
  5. imperfects
  6. imperforable
  7. imperforate
  8. imperforated
  9. imperforates
  10. imperforation
  11. imperfs

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