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friable

[frahy-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly.

    friable rock.

    Synonyms: ,


friable

/ ˈڰɪəə /

adjective

  1. easily broken up; crumbly

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • friability noun
  • friableness noun
  • unfriable adjective
  • unfriableness noun
  • ˌڰˈٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of friable1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin ڰ, equivalent to ڰ() “to rub, crumble” + - -able
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of friable1

C16: from Latin ڰ , from ڰ to crumble; related to Latin ڰ to rub down
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The Army Corps, he wrote, “estimates that 50% of the sites on the property contain friable asbestos.”

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But one piece of the more concerning friable asbestos - which can be easily crushed into a powder - was found at a public park in suburb Surry Hills.

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It is only when the image flips, when reality goes into reverse, that we sense how delicate and friable — and how compulsively romantic — are our constructions of reality.

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In 1936, the name "Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" was proposed and three cardinal symptoms were identified: joints had to be overly bendy, and skin had to be both stretchy and unusually "friable", meaning it crumbled easily.

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McCarron noted that the friable clay we were walking on would fall apart underfoot in the dry summer months.

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