friable
About 0.51 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- adjective Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency.
Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.
- adjective Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
- adjective Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.
Similar words
breakable loose sandy light brittle crisp soft fibrous acm frangible
Often followed by
and soil sandstone nature to mass material or than
Word family
friabilities friability
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