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Definition of Friable
1. Adjective. Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder. "Crumbly cookies"
Definition of Friable
1. a. Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
Definition of Friable
1. Adjective. Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: of poison poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Friable
1. easily crumbled [adj]
Medical Definition of Friable
1. 1. Easily reduced to powder. 2. In bacteriology, denoting a dry and brittle culture falling into powder when touched or shaken. Origin: L. Friabilis, fr. Frio, to crumble (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friable
Literary usage of Friable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Soils and Agriculture of the Southern States by Hugh Hammond Bennett (1921)
"Brownish granitic lands with yellowish, friable subsoils— Chester soils.—The
soils of the Chester series have grayish to brown surface soils and yellow, ..."
2. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1880)
"... its great range in texture, ie, from glassy quartzite to friable sandstone.
... and is quite friable [2191, 3389]. Have not observed it in Michigan. ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1892)
"The edges of the openings are thickened and dark red; between them there is
greyish-brown friable caseous matter. Similar material covers the peritoneum in ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"One variety is very friable, Agriculture. ,,.,,, • • , . . , but when impregnated
with moisture forms a tough clay-like substance, almost impervious to ..."
5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1892)
"Greater part of lateral sinus had a rather firm, friable clot in it, ... In the
right lateral sinus a large dark, friable clot, not adherent, ..."
6. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"I have it from Glen Elg in Inverness-shire, and from Shet* land, I believe the
island of Unst. Second Kind. friable Zoisite. ..."
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