Hard-wearing

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.

    "Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years."

Synonyms

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continuatedurableheavy-dutylastinglong-lastingperdurable

Example

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"Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years."

Etymology

From hard + wearing.

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