adjective

breakable

breakable, fragile

Handle this box with care; it's breakable.

Handle this box with care; it's breakable.

((sth.)) is breakable (sth.) is easy to break or damage This vase is very breakable.

fragile, delicate; Antonyms: unbreakable, durable

From the verb 'break' + the suffix '-able', meaning 'capable of being'. So, 'capable of being broken'.

Simply remember 'break + able'. If something is 'able' to 'break', it is breakable.

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