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ponderable
adj 3
Collocations
3VERB + PONDERABLE
crowned, head
PONDERABLE + NOUN
hair
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
[T]he imponderability of heat did not appear to the philosophers of the eighteenth century to be a sufficient reason for excluding it from the list of chemical elements; and... there was... doubt... whether caloric was ponderable or not.
2
Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
3
Heavy; ponderous.
The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.
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Synonyms
adjective — capable of being thought about
- cogitable
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The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.
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