refractoriness
The quality of being refractoryThe quality of being refractory.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The quality of being refractory.
2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 8, Uncle loved the desnsity of the tungsten he made, and its refractoriness, its great chemical stability.
More definitions
- the trait of being unmanageable
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the trait of being unmanageable:unmanageablenessrecalcitrancerecalcitrancy
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedrefractory
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable