breakable
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- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
Definition of breakable
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Able to break or be broken.
“The accident was also one of several since Clapham […] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.”
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adj
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Able to break or be broken.
“The accident was also one of several since Clapham […] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.”
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Fragile.
“Next Christmas she sent us bisque dolls, very lovely but too breakable to hug; we could not even kiss them but they cracked.”
noun
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Something that is (easily) breakable.
“We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.”
“She was, she wrote, “impatient and absent-minded, prone to drop things intentionally or through clumsiness, even breakables like dishes and love affairs; a woman who is perennially on the move, changing jobs and homes at the drop of a hat and inventing reasons afterward while she is packing; a person who runs away as soon as she gets nervous, long before she smells danger.””
- (plural-normally)A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.
Words you can make from breakable
127 playable · top: BLEAKER (13 pts)
Best play bleaker 13 points8-letter words
1 word6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
26 words- BABKA 13 pts
- KABAB 13 pts
- KEBAB 13 pts
- BAKER 11 pts
- BLEAK 11 pts
- BRAKE 11 pts
- BREAK 11 pts
- KABAR 11 pts
- KEBAR 11 pts
- AKELA 9 pts
- BABEL 9 pts
- BARBE 9 pts
- KRAAL 9 pts
- LAKER 9 pts
- RAKEE 9 pts
- REBBE 9 pts
- ABELE 7 pts
- ABLER 7 pts
- BALER 7 pts
- BLARE 7 pts
- BLEAR 7 pts
- LABRA 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- AREAE 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- BAKE 10 pts
- BALK 10 pts
- BARK 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- BERK 10 pts
- KBAR 10 pts
- KERB 10 pts
- ABBA 8 pts
- ABBE 8 pts
- AKEE 8 pts
- ARAK 8 pts
- BABA 8 pts
- BABE 8 pts
- BARB 8 pts
- BLAB 8 pts
- BLEB 8 pts
- KALE 8 pts
- KEEL 8 pts
- LAKE 8 pts
- LARK 8 pts
- LEAK 8 pts
- LEEK 8 pts
- LEKE 8 pts
- RAKE 8 pts
- REEK 8 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- KAB 9 pts
- ARK 7 pts
- EBB 7 pts
- EEK 7 pts
- EKE 7 pts
- ELK 7 pts
- KAE 7 pts
- KEA 7 pts
- LEK 7 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BRA 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
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