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adjective
- 1. not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change: "the quality of hospital food is highly variable"
- 2. able to be changed or adapted: "the drill has variable speed"
noun
- 1. an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change: "there are too many variables involved to make any meaningful predictions"
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The meaning of FRIABLE is easily crumbled or pulverized. How to use friable in a sentence. When should you use friable? Synonym Discussion of Friable.
adjective. uk / ˈfraɪ.ə.b ə l / us / ˈfraɪ.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. easily broken into small pieces. Synonym. crumbly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fragile and breakable. breakable. brittle. cobwebby. crumbly. delicacy. delicate operation. dodgy. fissile. flaky. flimsily. flimsiness. flimsy. fragile. fragility. frail. ramshackle.
adjective. us / ˈfraɪ.ə.b ə l / uk / ˈfraɪ.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. easily broken into small pieces. Synonym. crumbly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Fragile and breakable. breakable. brittle. cobwebby. crumbly. delicacy. delicate operation. dodgy. fissile. flaky. flimsily. flimsiness. flimsy. fragile. fragility. frail. ramshackle.
friable (adjective) friable / ˈ frajəbəl/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of FRIABLE. [more friable; most friable] technical. : easily broken into smaller pieces. friable soil.
Definition of friable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Friable definition: easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly. See examples of FRIABLE used in a sentence.
noun. Word origin. C16: from Latin friābilis, from friāre to crumble; related to Latin fricāre to rub down. Word Frequency. friable in American English. (ˈfraɪəbəl ) adjective. easily crumbled or crushed into powder. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfragile. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definitions of friable. adjective. easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder. “ friable sandstone”. “ friable carcinomatous tissue”. “ friable curds formed in the stomach”. synonyms: crumbly. breakable. capable of being broken or damaged.
Friable definition: easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly. See examples of FRIABLE used in a sentence.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective friable mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective friable. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.