Definitions
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
Word origin
Borrowed from French friable, from Latin friābilis (“friable”), from friō (“to crumble”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“This light, friable type of material offered excellent insulation against both desert heat and also the cold of darkness during the winter.”
“Sand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Crumbly”7 letters
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