Meanings
comparative more hard-wearing · superlative most hard-wearing · alternative hardwearing
- Able to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.
Throughout B.R. activity to improve drainage and ballast, to lay in more long-welded rails [...] and concrete sleepers, and to provide more hard-wearing pointwork and crossings will be intensified in the next four years.
1959 September, “The Re-appraisal of the B.R. Modernisation Plan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 411Synonyms: heavy-duty
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAble to withstand a significant amount of usage without physical deterioration; durable.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian траен, износоустойчив
- траен (traen)wear-resistant
- износоустойчив (iznosoustojčiv)wear-resistant
Chinese Cantonese 襟著, 襟磨
- 襟著 (kam¹ zoek⁸)wear-resistant
- 襟磨 (kam¹ mo⁴)wear-resistant
Chinese Mandarin 經穿的 /经穿的, 耐磨的
- 經穿的 /经穿的 (jīngchuānde)wear-resistant
- 耐磨的 (nàimóde)wear-resistant
- 耐磨耐穿的 (nàimónàichuānde)wear-resistant
Greek ανθεκτικός
- ανθεκτικός (anthektikós)wear-resistant
Irish buanfasach
- buanfasachwear-resistant
Norwegian Bokmål slitesterk
- slitesterkwear-resistant
Swedish slitstark
- slitstarkwear-resistant
Cite this entry
hard-wearing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-wearing
“hard-wearing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-wearing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard-wearing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-wearing.
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