meaning of refractory
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
2. Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.
3. A refractory person.
4. Refractoriness.
5. OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles.
6. lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
Related Words
refractory | refractory anaemia | refractory anemia | refractory period | refractory pot | refractory-lined |
