adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andy leads off up large, friable flakes, hair plastered to his head but now mercifully sheltered.
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Bananas like a rich, friable soil and plenty of water.
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It is best to avoid cutting soft or friable rocks such as shales, evaporites, coals and chalks on a lubricated saw.
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Sunlight smashed into me as I pulled on to the top of a little pinnacle below a very steep, friable slab.
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The end product is of similar appearance to peat, rich and dark in colour and friable .
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The soil was dark and friable between her fingers.