[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

friable \fri"able\, 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'ableness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
fri'ableness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

friable
     adj 1: easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder;
            "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue";
            "friable curds formed in the stomach"
     2: used of soil loose and large-grained in consistency;
        "light sandy soil" syn: light, sandy
see also:
light sandy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 moby thesaurus words for "friable":
   breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, crackable, crimp, crisp,
   crispy, crumbly, crump, crushable, delicate, fissile, flimsy,
   fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, lacerable, pulverizable,
   pulverulent, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, splintery,
   triturable, vulnerable

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