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Meaning of Breakable | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈbɹeɪkəbəl

Definitions

  1. Something that is (easily) breakable.
  2. A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
    plural-normally

Equivalents

العربية هش
Català trencable
Dansk skrøbelig
Español frangible rompible
Suomi särkyvä
Français frangible
Magyar törhető
Bahasa Indonesia beling
日本語 壊せる
Polski łamliwy
Русский ломкий
Svenska bräcklig

Examples

“We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.”
“She was, she wrote, “impatient and absent-minded, prone to drop things intentionally or through clumsiness, even breakables like dishes and love affairs; a woman who is perennially on the move, changing jobs and homes at the drop of a hat and inventing reasons afterward while she is packing; a person who runs away as soon as she gets nervous, long before she smells danger.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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