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Definition of friable in English: friableadjective ˈfrʌɪəb(ə)lˈfraɪəbəl Easily crumbled. 易碎的；易粉碎的 the soil was friable between her fingers 她手指间的土壤很易捏碎。 Example sentencesExamples - And it also gave me a chance to enthuse (not that I take much prompting) about how lucky I am to have such friable soil.
- This material, which is colored whitish or grey to yellow-orange, is so light and friable that specimens crumble under finger pressure.
- What's left is recognisable as human bones, though they're very friable.
- Regrettably, Messenia's alkaline soils cause most imported pottery to lose its surface slip over time, while the vessels manufactured in the friable local clays do not hold their original slips well to begin with.
- Despite these basic differences, most herbs require the same growing conditions: a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight per day, excellent soil drainage, and moderately rich, friable soil.
- It is especially useful for objects with high water content, such as grapes, and friable objects that may otherwise disintegrate when grasped with forceps.
- Acrylic paints become soft and vulnerable to damage and dirt retention at high temperatures and humidities or brittle and friable at low temperatures.
- Its volcanic composition makes the rock loose and friable, and likely to pull away in your hand at the slightest provocation.
- There was asbestos in the ceilings of the basement, which now may be friable.
- Menaker said the turbine is ‘covered with friable asbestos and is right now a hazardous work site.’
- Molasse is a dialect word used by French-speaking farmers in western Switzerland to describe soft, friable sandstones.
- Originally vegetation held the friable, highly-weathered schist in place, but brush clearance and cut-and-fill construction have destabilised the densely inhabited hillsides.
- For example, the use of safety equipment is mandated for employees working in buildings where friable asbestos is present prior to demolition or major remodeling.
- An unimaginable wealth of fertile topsoil in most parts of the country, this is shallow by Iowa standards, where in some areas the fine, friable soil goes down 20 feet.
- Porous, relatively soft, fine-textured and somewhat friable, chalk normally is white and consists almost wholly of calcium carbonate as the common mineral calcite.
- Ants love sandy soil so if you add plenty of humus, such as compost, you'll end up with dark, moist, friable soil and no ants.
- The best form of winter protection is to mound up each plant at its base with loose, friable soil that drains well.
- The source of the conglomerate is believed to have been southerly, where an unweathered friable rhyolite was water-transported with minor abrasion.
- The rock is volcanic and rather friable.
- When freshly collected, laumontite is colorless and quite hard; however, once dry, it crumbles and becomes friable and white.
Synonyms crumbly, easily crumbled, powdery, dusty, chalky, soft dry, crisp, brittle rare pulverulent, levigated, brashy
Derivativesnoun frʌɪəˈbɪlɪtiˌfraɪəˈbɪlədi The video also depicted various physical and analytical tests performed on tablets, including weight uniformity, tablet hardness, friability, disintegration, and dissolution. Example sentencesExamples - This work involves the development of methodology for characterizing and predicting the friability of granules by combining experimental and theoretical techniques as an extension of our recent work.
- In one application of the invention, the apparatus can be used to test the friability of diamond particles.
nounˈfrʌɪəb(ə)lnəsˈfraɪəb(ə)lnəs The tufa, thanks to its friableness, lends itself to artisan work. Example sentencesExamples - With a maximum density there is a minimum friableness which in turn produces, during the shearing and classification steps, less fine material which is below the desired product range size.
- The particular kind of the bedrock is not homogeneous and consequently is characterized by mechanical weakness and superficial friableness.
OriginMid 16th century: from French, or from Latin friabilis, from friare 'to crumble'. Rhymesdyeable, flyable, liable, pliable, triable, viable Definition of friable in US English: friableadjectiveˈfrīəbəlˈfraɪəbəl Easily crumbled. 易碎的；易粉碎的 the soil was friable between her fingers 她手指间的土壤很易捏碎。 Example sentencesExamples - What's left is recognisable as human bones, though they're very friable.
- There was asbestos in the ceilings of the basement, which now may be friable.
- Molasse is a dialect word used by French-speaking farmers in western Switzerland to describe soft, friable sandstones.
- This material, which is colored whitish or grey to yellow-orange, is so light and friable that specimens crumble under finger pressure.
- It is especially useful for objects with high water content, such as grapes, and friable objects that may otherwise disintegrate when grasped with forceps.
- Regrettably, Messenia's alkaline soils cause most imported pottery to lose its surface slip over time, while the vessels manufactured in the friable local clays do not hold their original slips well to begin with.
- The best form of winter protection is to mound up each plant at its base with loose, friable soil that drains well.
- The rock is volcanic and rather friable.
- And it also gave me a chance to enthuse (not that I take much prompting) about how lucky I am to have such friable soil.
- Ants love sandy soil so if you add plenty of humus, such as compost, you'll end up with dark, moist, friable soil and no ants.
- Despite these basic differences, most herbs require the same growing conditions: a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight per day, excellent soil drainage, and moderately rich, friable soil.
- Its volcanic composition makes the rock loose and friable, and likely to pull away in your hand at the slightest provocation.
- An unimaginable wealth of fertile topsoil in most parts of the country, this is shallow by Iowa standards, where in some areas the fine, friable soil goes down 20 feet.
- The source of the conglomerate is believed to have been southerly, where an unweathered friable rhyolite was water-transported with minor abrasion.
- Originally vegetation held the friable, highly-weathered schist in place, but brush clearance and cut-and-fill construction have destabilised the densely inhabited hillsides.
- Porous, relatively soft, fine-textured and somewhat friable, chalk normally is white and consists almost wholly of calcium carbonate as the common mineral calcite.
- When freshly collected, laumontite is colorless and quite hard; however, once dry, it crumbles and becomes friable and white.
- Menaker said the turbine is ‘covered with friable asbestos and is right now a hazardous work site.’
- Acrylic paints become soft and vulnerable to damage and dirt retention at high temperatures and humidities or brittle and friable at low temperatures.
- For example, the use of safety equipment is mandated for employees working in buildings where friable asbestos is present prior to demolition or major remodeling.
Synonyms crumbly, easily crumbled, powdery, dusty, chalky, soft
OriginMid 16th century: from French, or from Latin friabilis, from friare ‘to crumble’. |