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crumbable

crumbable adjective: able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.

Adjective

crumbable (comparative more crumbable, superlative most crumbable)

  1. Able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.
    • Friable asbestos is dry asbestos unencapsulated which is readily crumbable and has the potential of becoming airborne.1988, United States. Federal Labor Relations Authority, Decisions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, page 863

Forms of crumbable

comparativemore crumbable
superlativemost crumbable

Origin of crumbable

From crumb + -able.

Questions about crumbable

What does crumbable mean?
Crumbable means able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.
What part of speech is crumbable?
Crumbable is an adjective.

Words near crumbable in the dictionary

  1. crumb-bums
  2. crumb-cruncher
  3. crumb-crunchers
  4. crumb-crusher
  5. crumb-crushers
  6. crumbable
  7. crumbcloth
  8. crumbcloths
  9. crumbcruncher
  10. crumbcrunchers
  11. crumbcrusher

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