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du⋅ra⋅ble
[doo
r-uh-buhl, dyoor-] 
–adjective
| 1. | able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring. |
–noun
| 2. | durables. durable goods. |
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| du·ra·ble (dŏŏr'ə-bəl, dyŏŏr'-) adj.
A manufactured product, such as an automobile or a household appliance, that can be used over a relatively long period without being depleted or consumed. Often used in the plural. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dūrābilis, from dūrāre, to last; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.] du'ra·bil'i·ty, du'ra·ble·ness n., du'ra·bly adv. |
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Durability
Du`ra*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. durabilitas.] The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness. A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its durability. --Blair.
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