Search Result for "impermeable":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through;
- Example: "impermeable stone"
- Example: "an impermeable layer of scum"
- Example: "a coat impermeable to rain"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impermeable \Im*per"me*a*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + permeable: cf. F. imperm['e]able, L. impermeabilis.] Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. -- Im*per"me*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"me*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "impermeable": close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, closed, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, consolidated, crammed, crammed full, crowded, dense, firm, gluey, hard, heavy, hermetic, holeproof, impassable, impenetrable, impervious, jam-packed, jammed, massive, nonporous, nonpuncturable, packed, punctureproof, sealed, serried, solid, substantial, thick, thick-growing, thickset, unpassable, unperforable, unpierceable, viscid, viscose, viscous
