immovable

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: real propertyreal estaterealtyimmoveablestabileunmovable

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. property consisting of houses and landSynonyms: real propertyreal estaterealty

Adjective (1)

  1. not able or intended to be moved“the immovable hills”Synonyms: immoveablestabileunmovable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.

1.Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster]

Immovable, infixed, and frozen round.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [1913 Webster]

3.Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4.(Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n.

1.That which can not be moved. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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