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friable
What does friable mean?
friable (adjective): easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use friable in a sentence?
- Friable curds formed in the stomach. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Friable sandstone. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce friable?
/ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does friable come from?
Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “friable” mean?
composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous
Not quite: that's what disparate means.
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Not quite: that's what stale means.
easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
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similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
Not quite: that's what analogous means.
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