N. {ant. 327} brittleness,
fragility,
friability,
frangibility, fissibility, house of cards, house of glass
V. be brittle, live in a glass house, break,
crack,
snap, split,
shiver,
splinter,
crumble, break short,
burst, fly, give way, fall to pieces, crumble to, crumble into dust
Adj. brittle,
brash, breakable, weak,
frangible,
fragile,
frail, gimcrack|,
shivery,
fissile,
splitting,
lacerable,
splintery,
crisp,
crimp, short, brittle as glass
N. powderiness,
pulverulence,
sandiness,
efflorescence,
friability, powder, dust, sand,
shingle,
sawdust,
grit, meal,
bran, flour,
farina, rice,
paddy,
spore,
sporule,
crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature|,
filings,
debris,
detritus,
tailings, talus slope,
scobs,
magistery, fine powder,
flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm,
pulverization,
comminution,
attenuation,
granulation,
disintegration,
subaction,
contusion,
trituration,
levigation,
abrasion,
detrition,
multure,
limitation,
tripsis,
filing, mill, arrastra,
gristmill,
grater,
rasp,
file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth,
grinder,
grindstone,
kern,
quern, koniology
V. come to dust, be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c. reduce to powder, grind to powder,
pulverize,
comminute,
granulate,
triturate,
levigate,
scrape,
file,
abrade, rub down,
grind,
grate,
rasp, pound,
bray,
bruise,
contuse,
contund, beat,
crush,
cranch,
craunch,
crunch,
scranch,
crumble,
disintegrate,
attenuate Adj. powdery,
pulverulent, granular,
mealy,
floury,
farinaceous,
branny,
furfuraceous,
flocculent,
dusty, sandy,
sabulous, psammous,
arenose,
arenarious,
arenaceous,
gritty,
efflorescent,
impalpable,
lentiginous,
lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous,
pulverizable,
friable,
crumbly,
shivery,
pulverized,
attrite, in pieces
