Pronunce (2)
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/ˈbɹeɪkəbəl/
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ˈbɹeɪkəbl
Aggettivo
Able to break or be broken.
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The accident was also one of several since Clapham […] that demonstrated the role of breakable windows in the death toll. RSSB research would later confirm and reinforce the need for laminated glass to protect passengers and increase survivability.
Fragile.
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Next Christmas she sent us bisque dolls, very lovely but too breakable to hug; we could not even kiss them but they cracked.
Sostantivo
Something that is (easily) breakable.
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We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.
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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.”
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.
Uso- plural-normally
Aggettivo
capable of being broken or damaged
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earthenware pottery is breakable
breakable articles should be packed carefully
Sostantivo
an article that is fragile and easily broken
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pack the breakables separately