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Meaning of FRANGIBLE

Pronunciation:  'franjubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"
 
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 Synonyms: breakable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fran"gi*ble\, a. [Cf. F. frangible.]
Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
 
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 Related Terms: breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, cheap-jack, cobwebby, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, effeminate, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, friable, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, jerry, jerry-built, lacerable, light, lightweight, namby-pamby, papery, pasteboardy, puny, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, sissified, sleazy, slight, splintery, tacky, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wispy, womanish
 

 

 

 

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