friable

  1. Adjective.  Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of poison) Likely to crumble and become [[airborne, thus becoming a health risk.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.