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Dictionary: break·a·ble   (brā'kə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Liable to break or to be broken. See synonyms at fragile.

n.
An article that can be broken easily: We put the breakables away before the toddlers arrived.

breakableness break'a·ble·ness n.

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adjective

    Easily broken or damaged: brittle, delicate, fragile, frangible. See strong/weak.

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adj

Definition: easily hurt or destroyed
Antonyms: durable, sturdy, unbreakable


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Easily broken.

pronunciation When packing for our move, we made sure to pack all of our breakable fine china in special padded boxes.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skrøbelig, som kan gå i stykker
n. - skrøbelig ting

Nederlands (Dutch)
breekbaar

Français (French)
adj. - cassable
n. - objets cassables

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zerbrechlich
n. - zerbrechliche Dinge

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εύθραυστος

Italiano (Italian)
fragile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - quebrável, frágil

Русский (Russian)
ломкий, хрупкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - frágil
n. - frágil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - brytbar, bräcklig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
会破的, 易碎的, 易碎的东西

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 會破的, 易碎的
n. - 易碎的東西

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 깨지기 쉬운, 약한
n. - 깨지기 쉬운 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - われやすい
n. - こわれやすいもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قابل للكسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עלול להישבר, שביר‬
n. - ‮דבר שביר‬


 
 
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