Something that is brittle breaks easily.For example the old newspaper I found in the attic it was brittle in the chresr
It breaks when pressure is applied
Hard, but easily breakable - dry and brittle.
: Separation of a solid accompanied by little or no macroscopic plastic deformation. Typically, brittle fracture occurs by rapid crack propagation with less expenditure of energy than for ductile fracture. :
As brittle as glass.
Brittle is an adjective. The noun form would be brittleness.
Brittle can mean:breakable, easily brokena type of candycold or unfeeling
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Peanut brittle.
it means having brittle hair
It breaks when pressure is applied
It breaks when pressure is applied
it's hard but will break easily.
Hard, but easily breakable - dry and brittle.
: Separation of a solid accompanied by little or no macroscopic plastic deformation. Typically, brittle fracture occurs by rapid crack propagation with less expenditure of energy than for ductile fracture. :
Boraks rodzimy, a hard, brittle, lustrous black semimetal.
The belt is getting old and brittle and should be replaced soon.
As brittle as glass.