Synonyms
Examples for "friable"
Examples for "friable"
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Its friable cliffs and strong tides produce a changeable and barren sea-floor.
2
The grave was a shallow one, the freshly turned mould loose and friable.
3
Start with the pastry, which is tricky to work with, but delightfully friable.
4
A ledge of friable sandstone 3½ feet thick lies next below the roof.
5
The same field, well drained, is friable and porous, and uniform in texture.
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Granny Agnes's 1887 recipe for thick, crumbly oatcakes is still used today.
2
Rub this all together with the hands until well mixed and crumbly.
3
If this is not done the paper deteriorates, becoming brittle and crumbly.
4
Driven in the crumbly snow between Eddy and me was one picket.
5
Rub the flour and butter together until it is combined and crumbly.
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Now, as I have already said, these boards were soft and crumbly.
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Mix together the dry, crumbly walnut mixture and the sweet prune paste.
8
It was crumbly and had broken up a little in the cutting.
9
I, for one, didn't plan on eating any-theylooked crumbly and stale.
10
Adipocere, a crumbly, soaplike substance, clung to its borders and symphyseal face.
11
But now, halfway up, I was staring at crumbly, dark gray schist.
12
Underneath, the dirt was crumbly and dry and much easier to move.
13
The dirt beneath the flag was packed, not crumbly like undisturbed soil.
14
White; crumbly; sharp; a good Welsh Rabbit cheese if you can get it.
15
However, we wanted cookies that were finer-textured and a bit crumbly.
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All I could hear and see was crumbly cactus underneath my trembling body.
