friable :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Adjectives (3)

crumbly

adj. readily crumbled: "crumbly cookies"; "friable sandstone"

light, crumbly

adj. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"

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Synonyms (10)

brittle, brickle, brickly

adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

frail, delicate, fragile

adj. easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

frangible

adj. capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"

splintery

adj. subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces

sandy

adj. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"

unfirm

adj. (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

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friable

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