breakable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of being broken or damaged

   earthenware pottery is breakable

2. 2
   noun

   an article that is fragile and easily broken

   pack the breakables separately

3. 3
   adj

   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.

4. 4
   adj

   Fragile.

   Next Christmas she sent us bisque dolls, very lovely but too breakable to hug; we could not even kiss them but they cracked.

5. 5
   noun

   Something that is (easily) breakable.

   We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

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 *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.