Definition of Nonsinkable

1. Adjective. Not sinkable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonsinkable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsinkable

nonsimilarly
nonsimple
nonsimplex
nonsimply
nonsimulated
nonsimulation
nonsimultaneous
nonsinger
nonsingers
nonsinging
nonsingle
nonsinglet
nonsingular
nonsingular matrix
nonsingularities
nonsinkable (current term)
nonsinusoidal
nonsiphonate
nonsituational
nonskater
nonskaters
nonsked
nonskeds
nonskeletal
nonskeletonized
nonskeptic
nonskeptical
nonskeptics
nonskewed
nonskid

Literary usage of Nonsinkable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"... as to make the ship practically nonsinkable; or, if attack from the air is dangerous, reserve tonnage may be drawn upon for aero defense—and so on. ..."

2. Naval Power in the War: (1914-1917) by Charles Clifford Gill (1918)
"... such as a series of outer and inner bottoms so constructed and subdivided as to make the ship practically nonsinkable; or, if attack from the air is ..."

3. Memoirs of the Miami Valley by John Calvin Hover (1919)
"Twenty-five nonsinkable steel boats ply up and down the two rivers filled with happy crowds; hundreds of children are to be found in the playground every ..."

4. Naval Power in the War (1914-1918) by Charles Clifford Gill (1919)
"... to supply suitable protection, such as a series of outer and inner bottoms so constructed and subdivided as to make the ship practically nonsinkable; ..."

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