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Resistant to melting, as certain metals
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infusible
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infusible \In*fu"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted. --Sir T. Browne. The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible. --Lavoisier ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. That cannot be fused; unmeltable. Etymology 2 a. 1 Capable of being infused. 2 From which an infusion may be made.
Usage examples of infusible.
Shaped like a toothpick, needle pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals - such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary's head man.
Shaped like a toothpick, needle-pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals — such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary's head man.
Shaped like a toothpick, needle pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals - such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary’s head man.