Complete Definition of "friable"

English

Etymology
Latin friabilis|fri�bilis, from friare|fri�re, "to crumble".

Pronunciation
IPA|fɹaɪ�bl̩
/frī'�-b�l/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�b�l|-aɪ�b�l

Adjective
friable

  1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

#*1977: Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. � Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve

  1. context|of soil loose|Loose and large-grained in consistency.

Derived terms
friableness
friably
friability

Related terms
brittle

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

Category:English adjectives

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