friable

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Latin friābilis, from friō (crumble).

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friable

  1. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
    • 1977: Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago. — Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
  2. (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.

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