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The definition of robust is a strong and healthy person or animal, something rich and full of flavor or an activity that requires someone strong and healthy to complete.

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An example of robust is a winning race horse.
An example of robust is strong coffee.
An example of robust is masonry work.

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See robust in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. strong and healthy; full of vigor; hardy
2. strongly built or based; muscular or sturdy
suited to or requiring physical strength or stamina: robust work
rough; coarse; boisterous
full and rich, as in flavor: a robust port wine

Origin: L robustus, oaken, hard, strong < robur, hard variety of oak, hardness, strength, earlier robus, prob. akin to ruber, red

Related Forms:

robustly adverb
robustness noun

See robust in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Full of health and strength; vigorous.
Powerfully built; sturdy. See Synonyms at healthy.
Requiring or suited to physical strength or endurance: robust labor.
Rough or crude; boisterous: a robust tale.
Marked by richness and fullness; full-bodied: a robust wine.

Origin:

Origin: Latin rōbustus

Origin: , from rōbur, rōbus, oak, strength; see reudh- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

ro·bustˈly adverb

ro·bustˈness noun

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