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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•frac•to•ry /rɪˈfræktəri/USA pronunciation adj. - stubbornly disobedient:a refractory child.
See -frac-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•frac•to•ry (ri frak′tə rē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. adj. - hard or impossible to manage;
stubbornly disobedient:a refractory child. - resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
- Metallurgydifficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
n. - Metallurgya material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures.
- refractories, bricks of various shapes used in lining furnaces.
- Latin refrāctārius stubborn, obstinate, equivalent. to refrāct(us) (see refract) + -ārius -ary
- variant of refractary (by analogy with adjectives in -ory1) 1600–10
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obstinate, perverse, mulish, headstrong, intractable, disobedient, recalcitrant, ungovernable. See unruly.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obedient, tractable.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: refractory /rɪˈfræktərɪ/ adj - unmanageable or obstinate
- not responding to treatment
- (of a material) able to withstand high temperatures without fusion or decomposition
n ( pl -ries)- a material, such as fireclay or alumina, that is able to withstand high temperatures: used to line furnaces, kilns, etc
Etymology: 17th Century: variant of obsolete refractary; see refractreˈfractorily adv reˈfractoriness n |