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nonstretchable

adj

Etymology

From non- + stretchable.

  1. derived from *(s)treg-✻
  2. inherited from *strakkjan✻ — “to stretch, make taut or tight”
  3. inherited from streċċan — “to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”
  4. inherited from strecchen
  5. suffixed as stretchable — “stretch + able”
  6. prefixed as nonstretchable — “non + stretchable”

Definitions

  1. Not stretchable.

The neighborhood

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