imperishable — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Not perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.

   Esempi

   an imperishable monument

   The child was to be a prophet, unrivalled among men, and the parent of an imperishable race.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, courtier, statesman and poet, was born at Penshurst in 1554. He won imperishable fame 32 years later at the Battle of Zutphen in Holland when, mortally wounded, he refused a drink of water and passed his flask to a wounded soldier, with the words: 'Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.'

Sostantivo

1. something that does not perish, or keeps for a long time

   Uso

   • in-plural

Aggettivo

1. not perishable

   Contrari

   perishable

2. lasting a long time

   Sinonimi

   abidingenduring

   Esempi

   an abiding belief

   imperishable truths