vuurvast
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of vuur (“fire”) + vast (“solid, resistant, steady”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vyːrˈvɑst/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vuur‧vast
- Rhymes: -ɑst
Adjective
vuurvast (comparative vuurvaster, superlative meest vuurvast or vuurvastst)
- fireproof
- (by extension) with fairly great heat tolerance; fit for use in cooking, refractory, ovenproof
Declension
| Declension of vuurvast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vuurvast | |||
| inflected | vuurvaste | |||
| comparative | vuurvaster | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vuurvast | vuurvaster | het vuurvastst het vuurvastste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vuurvaste | vuurvastere | vuurvastste |
| n. sing. | vuurvast | vuurvaster | vuurvastste | |
| plural | vuurvaste | vuurvastere | vuurvastste | |
| definite | vuurvaste | vuurvastere | vuurvastste | |
| partitive | vuurvasts | vuurvasters | — | |
Synonyms
- vuurbestendig
Antonyms
Derived terms
- vuurvastheid
Related terms
- vuurhoudend
- vuurproef
- klokvast