friable

Meaning of friable

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
(of a number) Smooth: that factors completely into small prime numbers.

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Hyphenation of friable

fri-able

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
friable is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

friable synonyms

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Translation of friable

Italian: friabile
German: mürb
French: friable
Spanish: friable, desmenuzable
Portuguese: friável

Anagrams of friable

Belfair, fabrile

Words that rhyme with friable

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