frangible
(adjective) capable of being broken; “the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frangible (comparative more frangible, superlative most frangible)
Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. [from early 15th c.]
The word is often used to refer to objects which are made intentionally breakable, either as part of their operation (such as frangible bullets and frangible nuts), or for use in an emergency (such as frangible light poles or smoke outlet panels).
• fragmentable (not idiomatically interchangeable although denotatively equal)
• infrangible, indestructible, nonbrittle, unbreakable, unfragile
• unfrangible (obsolete)
frangible (plural frangibles)
Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.
Source: Wiktionary
Fran"gi*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. frangible.]
Definition: Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
