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DEFINITIONS OF:
breakable
1
adj
capable of being broken or damaged
“earthenware pottery is
breakable
”
“
breakable
articles should be packed carefully”
Synonyms
brickle
,
brickly
,
brittle
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
crumbly
,
friable
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
short
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
delicate
,
fragile
,
frail
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
frangible
capable of being broken
splintery
subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
Antonyms:
unbreakable
impossible to break especially under ordinary usage
infrangible
difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts
shatterproof
,
splinterless
,
splinterproof
resistant to shattering or splintering
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n
an article that is fragile and easily broken
“pack the
breakables
separately”
Type of:
article
one of a class of artifacts
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