Refractory Synonyms

rĭ-frăktə-rē
Inflexible
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hard
  2. impliable
  3. rigid
Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. furnace lining

Words Related to Refractory

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Refractory Sentence Examples

  • The Convention took measures against the emigres and the refractory priests.

  • Fire-clays include all those varieties of clay which are very refractory to heat.

  • The materials used in the construction of furnaces are divisible into two classes, namely, ordinary and refractory or fire-resisting.

  • In this process all the anode metals pass into solution except iridium and other refractory metals of that group, which remain as metals, and silver, which is converted into insoluble chloride; lead and bismuth form chloride and oxychloride respectively, and these dissolve until the bath is saturated with them, and then precipitate with the silver in the tank.

  • The cyanide process, introduced about 1890, is now one of the most important factors in the utilization of low-grade and refractory gold and silver ores.

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