friable

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/

Adjective

of soil of poisons of a number

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. / (of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency. / (of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk

Japanese Meaning

（物質が）容易に小さな破片に砕ける、粉末になるほどもろい / （土壌が）ゆるく、大粒で構成されている状態 / （毒物が）粉砕されて空中に舞いやすく、健康上のリスクとなりうる

What is this buttons?

The archaeologists were cautious when handling the friable pottery shards to avoid further damage.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

考古学者たちは損傷を避けるため、もろい陶器の破片を扱うときに注意深く作業した。

Details

Sense（1）

Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

Spiders had woven their vague trapezes between the friable heads of dead peonies in enormous glass jars streaked with tide marks where the water had evaporated long ago.

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Sense（2）

(of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency.

So while two men under his directions were digging the grave with sticks in the friable granitic soil, he superintended the costume of the other actors in the drama.

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