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crumbable

adj

Etymology

From crumb + -able.

  1. derived from *grū-mo-✻ — “something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”
  2. inherited from *krumô✻
  3. inherited from cruma — “crumb, fragment”
  4. inherited from crome
  5. suffixed as crumbable — “crumb + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be broken into crumbs

    Able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.

    • Friable asbestos is dry asbestos unencapsulated which is readily crumbable and has the potential of becoming airborne.

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