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Impermeable   Listen
adjective
Impermeable  adj.  Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Impermeable" Quotes from Famous Books



... costume once more. Now the fur shoes of winter were unsuitable to travel with, for being porous they are only good to get over dry and crisp snow with. I had to wear henceforth the shoes or boots that are without fur and the leather of which is prepared in such a manner as to be impermeable to water or damp snow. I had provided myself with two pairs of these, while at Haparanda on my way to "The Land of the Long Night," for my return journey,—a short pair, of the shape of the winter shoes, and a pair of boots coming ...
— The Land of the Long Night • Paul du Chaillu



Words linked to "Impermeable" :   tight, impermeableness, imperviable, water-resistant, impervious, retentive, permeable, water-repellent



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