1.
[syn: inexhaustible, unlimited]
2. incapable of being entirely consumed or used up;
- Example: "an inexhaustible supply of coal"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inexhaustible \In`ex*haust"i*ble\, a.
Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing;
not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of
provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. --Macaulay.
-- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inexhaustible
adj 1: that cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an
inexhaustible supply of coal" [syn: inexhaustible,
unlimited]
2: incapable of being entirely consumed or used up; "an
inexhaustible supply of coal" [ant: exhaustible]