Friable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Readily crumbled; brittle: friable asbestos insulation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  • adj. Loose and large-grained in consistency.
  • adj. Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easily crumbled or pulverized; easily reduced to powder, as pumice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
  • Equivalent
    breakable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crumble    crumbly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    marly    ferruginous    calcareous    siliceous    argillaceous    porous    crumbly    spongy    well-drained    flaky