vuurvast

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of vuur (“fire”) +‎ vast (“solid, resistant, steady”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vyːrˈvɑst/
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  • Hyphenation: vuur‧vast
  • Rhymes: -ɑst

Adjective

vuurvast (comparative vuurvaster, superlative meest vuurvast or vuurvastst)

  1. fireproof
  2. (by extension) with fairly great heat tolerance; fit for use in cooking, refractory, ovenproof

Inflection
Inflection of vuurvast
uninflected vuurvast
inflected vuurvaste
comparative vuurvaster
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vuurvastvuurvasterhet vuurvastst
het vuurvastste
indefinite m./f. sing. vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
n. sing. vuurvastvuurvastervuurvastste
plural vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
definite vuurvastevuurvasterevuurvastste
partitive vuurvastsvuurvasters—

Synonyms
  • vuurbestendig

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • vuurvastheid
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