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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Friable \Fri"a*ble\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break,
     or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray:
     cf. F. friable.]
     Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. ``Friable
     ground.'' --Evelyn. ``Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. --
     Fri'a*ble*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Friable \Fri"a*ble\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break,
     or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray:
     cf. F. friable.]
     Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. ``Friable
     ground.'' --Evelyn. ``Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. --
     Fri'a*ble*ness, n.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  friableness
     n.
     The state or quality of being friable; friability.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  friableness
     n.
     The state or quality of being friable; friability.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  friableness
     n.
     The state or quality of being friable; friability.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  friableness
     n.
     The state or quality of being friable; friability.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Friableness /fɹɪəbəlnˈɛs/
  التفتييت

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  friableness /fɹɪəbəlnˈɛs/
  Zerreibbarkeit 

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 易碎;易成粉末

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