French Meaning of refractory

réfractaire

Other French words related to réfractaire

Definitions and Meaning of refractory in English

Wordnet

refractory (n)

lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace

Wordnet

refractory (s)

not responding to treatment

temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Webster

refractory (a.)

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.

Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.

Webster

refractory (n.)

A refractory person.

Refractoriness.

OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.

FAQs About the word refractory

réfractaire

lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace, not responding to treatment, temporarily unresponsive or no

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refractoriness => réfractarité , refractorily => réfractairement, refractor => réfracteur, refractometer => Réfractomètre, refractivity => Indice de réfraction,