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friable
[frahy-uh-buhl]
friable
/ ˈڰɪəə /
adjective
easily broken up; crumbly
Other 51Թ Forms
- friability noun
- friableness noun
- unfriable adjective
- unfriableness noun
- ˌڰˈٲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of friable1
Example Sentences
The Army Corps, he wrote, “estimates that 50% of the sites on the property contain friable asbestos.”
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.
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.
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.
McCarron noted that the friable clay we were walking on would fall apart underfoot in the dry summer months.
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