friable
IPA: frˈaɪʌbʌɫ
adjective
- Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
- (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk
- (mathematics, of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.
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Examples of "friable" in Sentences
- The capsule is thin and friable.
- Pigmentation is usually black friable mucosa.
- The liver is also usually friable and swollen.
- Eggs are laid, presumably, in friable, sandy soil.
- The exposed lava rock of the core is loose and friable.
- The semi porous cake is cooled and found to be friable.
- For example, gelatin causes white lead to become friable.
- Soils are usually friable and conducive to burrow excavation.
- It is friable and flavoured, for example, with ginger orlemon.
- It is sometimes mixed with pine needles to produce a mulch that is friable.