[syn: immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of
material things; as, an immovable foundation.
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Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton.
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2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of
the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who
remains immovable.
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3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by
sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden.
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4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or
tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable,
n. --Blackstone.
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Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster
of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in
place.
Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain
day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter;
as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n.
1. That which can not be moved.
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2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by
nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and
their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants,
manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied,
as servitudes. --Ayliffe. --Bouvier.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
immovable
adj 1: not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills"
[syn: immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable]
n 1: property consisting of houses and land [syn: real
property, real estate, realty, immovable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "immovable":
adamant, adamantine, affectless, anchored, anesthetized, arctic,
at a standstill, autistic, blunt, cast-iron, catatonic, chill,
chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, constant,
cool, determined, dispassionate, dogged, dour, drugged, dull,
emotionally dead, emotionless, fast, firm, fixed, flinty, frigid,
frosted, frosty, frozen, grim, hard, hard-core, heartless, icy,
immobile, immotile, immotive, immutable, impassible, impassive,
implacable, impliable, inalterable, inductile, inelastic,
inexcitable, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional,
inflexible, insusceptible, intractable, intractile, intransigent,
invariable, iron, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient, loyal,
motionless, nonelastic, nonemotional, nonstretchable, obdurate,
objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, pat, relentless,
resolute, rigid, rigorous, riveted, rock-ribbed, rooted,
self-absorbed, set, settled, sot, soulless, spiritless, stable,
standpat, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern,
stiff, stony, stubborn, stuck, true, unaffected, unaffectionate,
unalterable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompromising,
undeflectable, unemotional, unextendible, unextensible, unfeeling,
unflappable, unflexible, unflinching, ungiving, unimpassioned,
unimpressionable, unlimber, unloving, unmalleable, unmodifiable,
unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpassionate, unpliable, unpliant,
unrelenting, unresponding, unresponsive, unshakable, unshakeable,
unshaken, unsusceptible, unswerving, unsympathetic, untouchable,
untractable, unwavering, unyielding