friable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
Of soil, loose and large-grained in consistency.
Of a poison, likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk.
Of a number: smooth, that factors completely into small prime numbers.

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Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”).

crumbly

brittle

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