INCONSUMABLE


Meaning of INCONSUMABLE in English

|in+ adjective

Etymology: in- (I) + consumable

1. : not capable of being consumed or destroyed (as by fire)

2. : satisfying human wants without being directly consumed in so doing

machinery is commonly thought of as inconsumable

• in·con·sum·ably -blē, -bli adverb

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