breakable

nouns

an article that is fragile and easily broken

"pack the breakables separately"

breakable

is a type of (narrower)

one of a class of artifacts

"an article of clothing"

article

adjectives

capable of being broken or damaged

"earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"

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antonym

is similar to

having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

"brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

brickle, brickly, brittle

is similar to

easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder

"friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies"

crumbly, friable

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tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

"shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust"

short

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easily broken or damaged or destroyed

"a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"

delicate, fragile, frail

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capable of being broken

"the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"

frangible

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subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces

splintery

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the consistency of something that breaks under pressure

breakableness