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# unbreakable

«unbreakable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very hard or impossible to break: unbreakable plastic** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unbreakable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very hard or impossible to break: unbreakable plastic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#m1)

2) Too strong to be ended or beaten: an unbreakable promise, an unbreakable code, an unbreakable record. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: unbreakable cups and toys for small children. In stories: an unbreakable bond of friendship, an unbreakable spell or code. In science, nothing is truly unbreakable; the word means very strong. Phrases: «unbreakable bond», «unbreakable rule».

### examples

- We use unbreakable plates at picnics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x1)
- The two friends shared an unbreakable bond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x2)
- The spies tried to crack the unbreakable code. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x3)
- My phone has an unbreakable screen, or so the advert says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x4)
- Her record of 100 goals seemed unbreakable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x5)
- Telling the truth was an unbreakable rule in their house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/#x6)

### note

Takes «an»: «an unbreakable glass». Adverts often exaggerate: «unbreakable» usually means very hard to break, not impossible. Opposite: breakable, fragile.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unbreakable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbreakable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.