english
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adj.
breakable:
The vase was too fragile to ship., noun
easily broken, frail:
The table seemed somewhat fragile.
Simple Definitions
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fragile
easily broken or damaged:
• The documents are old and very fragile. • a fragile glass case • The seventeenth century wall hangings are extemely fragile.
delicate
easily damaged – used especially about things that are made from thin material and look attractive:
• a delicate gold necklace • The plant has delicate blue flowers. • delicate fabrics
brittle
brittle hair, nails, bones etc have a hard surface, but they break easily, especially because they are not in good condition:
• As you get older, your bones become more brittle. • a special shampoo for dry and brittle hair
breakable
breakable objects must be handled carefully because they will break easily:
• Put breakable objects out of the reach of children. • breakable ornaments
flimsy
made of thin material that tears easily, or badly-made and likely to break easily:
• a flimsy cotton shirt • a flimsy wooden table
frail
especially literary not strong and therefore easy to break, damage, or hurt:
• The young trees are frail and need to be protected from the wind. • a frail little fishing boat • a frail old lady
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem | remain ADV. exceedingly, extremely, very | a little, rather | ecologically the ecologically fragile mountain forests
Oxford Collocations Dictionary