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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Friable \Fri"a*ble\, adjective [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break, or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray: cf. F. friable.] Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. ''Friable ground.'' --Evelyn. ''Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. -- {Fri'a*ble*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
friable
adjective
1: easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach"
2: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil" [syn: {light}, {sandy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "friable": breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, crackable, crimp, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crump, crushable, delicate, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, lacerable, pulverizable, pulverulent, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, splintery, triturable, vulnerable
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