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US
/ˈbɹeɪkəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪkəbəl/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈeɪkəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of being broken or damaged
earthenware pottery is breakable
breakable articles should be packed carefully
NOUN
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an article that is fragile and easily broken
pack the breakables separately
How To Use breakable In A Sentence
- LeClanché batteries, while in point of convenience and economy, resulting from their small size and non-breakable, non-spillable features and low cost, they leave no room for comparison. Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.
- A topologist is someone who imagines all objects to be made of unbreakable but very pliable playdough, and therefore does not see the need to distinguish between a coffee cup and doughnut because either can be turned into the other. Algebra
- It was another great year for Harry Murphy and his men and they must now see that eight-in-a-row record as breakable next year.
- We'd carefully prepared the house (bought case of beer - check, removed all breakables from ground floor - check, warn neighbours - check), and our preparation paid off.
- Tableware for outdoor use should ideally be unbreakable.
- At its simplest, it means keeping objects clean, preventing bright sunlight from bleaching them and storing breakable pieces in a safe place.
- What had once seemed an unbreakable resolve - the hallmark of strong leadership - has begun to crumble at the edges.
- She tugged desperately at her restraints as memory came flooding back, but the chains seemed to be unbreakable.
- The ‘smart’ fence uses breakable metal pins inserted between the top pole and the uprights supporting it.
- But so strong are the temptations to deviate from this path that we must make it an unbreakable precept never to give our assent unless the evidence compels it.