friable

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/ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/ English

Definitions

adjective

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
(of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
(of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
(of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.

Related words

Synonyms

crumbly breakable loose sandy light brittle crisp soft fibrous acm frangible infractible pulverable crumblable breakly fracturable crackable

Associated

loam asbestos calcareous alkaline sandstone conglomerate sediment moderately soil clay volcanic flexible

Rhymes

reliable viable pliable undeniable liable justifiable unreliable unjustifiable verifiable identifiable

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