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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Liable to break or to be broken. synonym: fragile.
  • noun An article that can be broken easily.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being broken.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being broken.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be broken
  • adjective Fragile
  • noun Something that is (easily) breakable.
  • noun usually plural, music 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an article that is fragile and easily broken
  • adjective capable of being broken or damaged

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break +‎ -able

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