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BREAKABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An article that is fragile and easily broken
Example:
pack the breakables separately
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("breakable" is a kind of...):
article (one of a class of artifacts)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being broken or damaged
Example:
breakable articles should be packed carefully
Classified under:
Similar:
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)
Attribute:
breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)
Antonym:
unbreakable (impossible to break especially under ordinary usage)
Derivation:
break (become separated into pieces or fragments)
break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments)
break (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only)
break (stop operating or functioning)
break (break a piece from a whole)
break (go to pieces)
break (ruin completely)
break (destroy the completeness of a set of related items)
breakability (quality of being easily damaged or destroyed)
breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)
