adjective
- Existing for a long time.
- usage: "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
- synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived
- Capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay.
- usage: "durable denim jeans"
- synonyms: long-wearing
- Very long lasting.
- usage: "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent"
- synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable
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