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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay: a durable fabric.
  2. adj. Able to perform or compete over a long period, as by avoiding or overcoming injuries: a durable fullback.
  3. adj. Lasting; stable: a durable friendship.
  4. adj. Economics Not depleted or consumed by use: durable goods.
  5. n. Economics 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.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Having the quality of lasting, or continuing long in being; not perishable or changeable; lasting; enduring: as, durable timber; durable cloth; durable happiness.
  2. Synonyms Permanent, Stable, etc. (see lasting), abiding, continuing, firm, strong, tough.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
  2. n. economics A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay
  2. adj. very long lasting
  3. adj. existing for a long time

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dūrābilis ("lasting, permanent"), from dūrō ("harden, make hard"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dūrābilis, from dūrāre, to last; see deuə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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