Friability

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.
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  • noun. excessive breakableness
  • Word Usage
    "These in their decay further influence favorably that friability which is so desirable in soils that are cultivated, and as previously stated, the long, deep roots in their decay exercise a salutary influence on drainage."
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