Easily crumbled or reduced to powder; having a loose, crumbly texture.
From Latin 'friabilis' (easily crumbled), from 'friare' (to rub/crumble). Perfect soil for planting is friable — it crumbles in your hand. Feta cheese is friable. Dried autumn leaves are friable.
Things that crumble at the slightest touch! Dry cookies, autumn leaves, good garden soil — all friable! It's the opposite of claggy. Run friable soil through your fingers and feel a thousand tiny particles of happy earth! ðŸ‚ðŸ¤
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