Meaning & use
breakable
Easily broken or damaged, especially because of a fragile material.
See it in a sentence
The movers marked the box 'fragile' because it contained breakable glassware.
Children should be supervised around breakable ornaments during the holidays.
A note on using this word
Breakable describes an object's physical fragility, while 'brittle' more specifically suggests it will snap rather than bend.
Words with a similar meaning
fragiledelicate
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Words with an opposite meaning
unbreakabledurable
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