friability
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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This causes friability, and facilitates the subsequent comminution.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
Compare pastry that is made with lard, lard substitutes, vegetable oils and butter, as to taste, appearance, flakiness or friability, and tenderness.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes
On seizing the wall one of these vessels burst, and the hemorrhage was only rendered greater on attempting to secure it, so great was the friability of the walls.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
It is certainly worth using, providing it does not cost too much for delivery, and can be freely used if the land is heavy and needs friability.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)
Hard nodules or definite loss of substance, extreme friability and bleeding after slight manipulation, are suspicious.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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