adj
Meaning 1
Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: crumby
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crumby
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crumbly
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noun
Meaning 2
A decrepit old person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- friable sandstone
- friable carcinomatous tissue
- friable curds formed in the stomach
- crumbly cookies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: friable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English crumble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crumbly From crumble + -y.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: փխրուն (pʻxrun) — easy to break
- Bulgarian: трошлив (trošliv) — easy to break
- Bulgarian: ронлив (ronliv) — easy to break
- Finnish: hauras — easy to break
- Finnish: mureneva — easy to break
- Finnish: murustava — easy to break
- Finnish: murea — easy to break
- German: bröselig — easy to break
- Ancient Greek: ψαφαρός (psapharós) — easy to break
- Ingrian: murria — easy to break
- Ingrian: rappia — easy to break
- Nǀuu: ǁʻaqea — easy to break
- Scots: frush — easy to break
- Spanish: friable — easy to break
- Tagalog: damol — easy to break
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