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- friable
collapse - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"
- easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach" related words >
- crumbly
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- apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies" related words >
- breakable,
- brittle,
- brittle as glass,
- cheap-jack,
- cobwebby,
- crackable,
- crimp,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- crump,
- crushable,
- dainty,
- delicate,
- delicately weak,
- effeminate,
- fissile,
- flimsy,
- fracturable,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- friable,
- gimcrack,
- gimcracky,
- gossamery,
- jerry,
- jerry-built,
- lacerable,
- light,
- lightweight,
- namby-pamby,
- papery,
- pasteboardy,
- pulverizable,
- pulverulent,
- puny,
- rubbery,
- scissile,
- shatterable,
- shattery,
- shivery,
- sissified,
- sleazy,
- slight,
- splintery,
- tacky,
- triturable,
- unsubstantial,
- vulnerable,
- wispy,
- womanish
- crimp
collapse
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
- curl tightly; "crimp hair"
- make ridges into by pinching together related words >
- Vandyke,
- abduce,
- abduct,
- abductor,
- aqueduct,
- bar,
- bit,
- blaze,
- bollix,
- bridle,
- bunco artist,
- bunco steerer,
- canal,
- canalization,
- canalize,
- cardsharp,
- cardsharper,
- carpetbagger,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- carve,
- chamfer,
- channel,
- check,
- chisel,
- chop,
- cocker,
- cockle,
- coil,
- con artist,
- con man,
- confidence man,
- constrain,
- corrugate,
- corrugation,
- crab,
- crack,
- cramp,
- crankle,
- crease,
- creasing,
- crenellate,
- crenulate,
- crimper,
- crimple,
- crinkle,
- crisp,
- crumbly,
- crumple,
- curl,
- cut,
- dado,
- dike,
- ditch,
- dog-ear,
- double,
- double over,
- doubling,
- duplicature,
- enfold,
- engrave,
- entrenchment,
- flection,
- flexure,
- flounce,
- flute,
- fold,
- fold over,
- fosse,
- foul up,
- friable,
- frill,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- furrow,
- gash,
- gather,
- goffer,
- gouge,
- groove,
- gully,
- gum,
- gum up,
- gutter,
- ha-ha,
- hamper,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold for ransom,
- hold in,
- horse coper,
- horse trader,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- impress,
- incise,
- indent,
- infold,
- inhibit,
- interfold,
- jackleg,
- jag,
- kennel,
- kidnap,
- kidnapper,
- kink,
- knit,
- knot,
- knurl,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- lap over,
- lapel,
- lappet,
- lock,
- louse up,
- machicolate,
- mill,
- moat,
- mortgage shark,
- mountain,
- nick,
- notch,
- obstruction,
- pettifogger,
- picot,
- pink,
- pitchman,
- plait,
- plat,
- pleat,
- plica,
- plicate,
- plication,
- plicature,
- plow,
- ply,
- ponytail,
- pucker,
- pulverizable,
- pulverulent,
- purse,
- queer,
- quill,
- rabbet,
- ridge,
- rifle,
- rimple,
- ringlet,
- ripple,
- rivel,
- rub,
- ruche,
- ruching,
- ruck,
- ruckle,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- run away with,
- rut,
- scallop,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- screw,
- scrunch,
- serrate,
- shanghai,
- shanghaier,
- shark,
- sharp,
- sharper,
- sharpie,
- shirr,
- shortchanger,
- shyster,
- skyjack,
- slash,
- slicker,
- slit,
- snafu,
- snag,
- snatch,
- spieler,
- spirit away,
- streak,
- striate,
- sunk fence,
- tooth,
- trench,
- triturable,
- trough,
- tuck,
- turn over,
- twill,
- wimple,
- withhold,
- wrinkle
- crisp
collapse
- brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
- of hair in small tight curls
- pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce"
- pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)
- tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" related words >
- Siberian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- algid,
- aphoristic,
- aposiopestic,
- arctic,
- axiomatic,
- below zero,
- biting,
- bitter,
- bitterly cold,
- bleak,
- boreal,
- bracing,
- breakable,
- brief,
- brisk,
- brittle,
- brittle as glass,
- brumal,
- brusque,
- cheering,
- chip,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- clipped,
- close,
- coherent,
- coil,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold as death,
- cold as ice,
- cold as marble,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- connected,
- consistent,
- contracted,
- cordial,
- crackable,
- crease,
- crimp,
- crinkly,
- crisped,
- crispy,
- crumbly,
- crump,
- crushable,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- curl,
- curled,
- curly,
- curt,
- cut,
- cutting,
- defined,
- definite,
- delicate,
- direct,
- distinct,
- docked,
- dog-ear,
- double,
- double over,
- elliptic,
- energizing,
- enfold,
- epigrammatic,
- exhilarating,
- explicit,
- express,
- fissile,
- flimsy,
- flounce,
- flute,
- fold,
- fold over,
- formulaic,
- formulistic,
- fracturable,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- freezing,
- freezing cold,
- fresh,
- friable,
- frigid,
- frill,
- frizzed,
- frizzly,
- frizzy,
- gather,
- gelid,
- glacial,
- gnomic,
- hibernal,
- hiemal,
- hyperborean,
- ice-cold,
- ice-encrusted,
- icelike,
- icy,
- inclement,
- infold,
- ingoing,
- interfold,
- invigorating,
- keen,
- kink,
- kinked,
- kinky,
- lacerable,
- laconic,
- lap over,
- limpid,
- loud and clear,
- lucid,
- luminous,
- nipping,
- nippy,
- numbing,
- pellucid,
- penetrating,
- perspicuous,
- piercing,
- pinching,
- pithy,
- plain,
- plait,
- plat,
- platitudinous,
- pleat,
- plicate,
- ply,
- pointed,
- proverbial,
- provoking,
- pruned,
- pulverizable,
- pulverulent,
- pungent,
- quill,
- raw,
- refreshful,
- refreshing,
- regaling,
- reserved,
- rigorous,
- rousing,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- scissile,
- sententious,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shatterable,
- shattery,
- shivery,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- simple,
- sleety,
- slushy,
- snappy,
- splintery,
- stimulating,
- stone-cold,
- straightforward,
- subzero,
- succinct,
- summary,
- supercooled,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- to the point,
- tonic,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- trenchant,
- triturable,
- truncated,
- tuck,
- turn over,
- twill,
- unambiguous,
- unconfused,
- unequivocal,
- univocal,
- unmistakable,
- vulnerable,
- well-defined,
- winterbound,
- winterlike,
- wintery,
- wintry,
- zestful,
- zesty
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