brittleness

Roget-categorie 328

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.2. Inorganic matter
›› 3.2.1. Solid matter

#328. Brittleness

zelfstandig naamwoord

brittleness etc. adj. — fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility^† — house of cards, house of glass.

werkwoord

be brittle etc. adj. — live in a glass house.
break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way — fall to pieces — crumble to, crumble into dust.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

brittle, brash [U.S.], breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack^†, shivery, fissile — splitting etc. v. — lacerable^†, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.

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