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Breakable

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

Françaisfrangible
Русскийломкий
9 more languages
العربيةهش
Catalàtrencable
Magyartörhető
Bahasa Indonesiabeling
日本語壊せる
Polskiłamliwy
Svenskabräcklig

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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