hardness

Roget-categorie 323

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.1. Solid matter

#323. Hardness

zelfstandig naamwoord

hardness etc. adj. — rigidity — renitence^†, renitency — inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity^†.
induration, petrifaction — lapidification^†, lapidescence^† — vitrification, ossification — crystallization.
stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant — bone, cartilage — hardware — heart of oak, block, board, deal board — iron, steel — cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron — nail — brick, concrete — cement.

werkwoord

render hard etc. adj. — harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify — accrust^†.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm — starch, starched — stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding — inflexible, tense — indurate, indurated — gritty, proof.
adamant, adamantine, adamantean^† — concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic^†, vitreous — horny, corneous^† — bony — osseous, ossific^† — cartilaginous — hard as a rock etc. n. — stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker — stiff as starch, stiff as as board.

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