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nonfriable

nonfriable adjective: not easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

Adjective

nonfriable (not comparable)

  1. Not easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.

Noun

nonfriable (plural nonfriables)

  1. A material that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

Forms of nonfriable

pluralnonfriables

Origin of nonfriable

From non- + friable.

Words formed from nonfriable

Questions about nonfriable

What does nonfriable mean?
Nonfriable means not easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
What part of speech is nonfriable?
Nonfriable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfriable in the dictionary

  1. nonfrequent
  2. nonfrequentative
  3. nonfreshman
  4. nonfreshmen
  5. nonfriability
  6. nonfriable
  7. nonfriables
  8. nonfricative
  9. nonfricatives
  10. nonfriction
  11. nonfried

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