inconsumableadj.
/ɪnkənˈsjuːməb(ə)l/ 1. Incapable of being consumed by fire, etc.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [adjective]
incombustible1471
uncombustible1576
inconsumable1646
incremable1646
uninflammable1666
unconsumable1670
non-inflammable1817
non-flammable1852
unburnable1881
non-flam1906
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 140 Named Asbeston..whereof by Art were weaved napkins, shirts, and coats inconsumable by fire. View more context for this quotation
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 142 (Salamander) The idle report of its being inconsumable in fire, has caused many of these poor animals to be burnt.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 30 Ever still Burning, yet ever inconsumable.
1875 F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 31 An inconsumable candle, which diminished not, no matter how long it was lighted.
2. Political Economy. Of which it is not the object or purpose to be consumed in use.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [adjective] > types of goods
homemade1565
consumable1692
in nature1719
inconsumable1785
soft1833
tenderable1868
orderable1872
self-serve1918
offshore1947
house-made1972
1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. iii. i. ix. 130 When the identical loan is to be returned, as a book, a horse, a harpsichord, it is called inconsumable.
1884 L. Gronlund Co-op. Commonw. i. 28 The inconsumable things, like machinery, leather, coin.
Derivatives
inconˈsumably adv. (Wright 1855).
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