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💔 Easily damaged 💔 A fragile object
breakable

breakable

1 3.0
A fragile object like glass or porcelain that can be easily damaged
  • noun
  • /ˈbreɪkəbl/
translation icon : objeto quebradizo
  • The display case held several antique breakables, each one priceless and fragile.

Examples

  • What we do is put all the ashtrays and other breakables out of their reach... like on the mantelpiece.

    Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

  • You should be more careful where you put your breakables.

    Fletch Lives (1989)

  • I'm going to put this breakable thing out of the way.

  • There's a lot of very breakable things in here.

  • You take care of those breakables, understand?

    Paper Moon (1973)

  • Ooh, so many fun breakables!

    My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

  • Breakables such as your china, mirrors, pictures framed with glass, lamps, etc.

    Blog text (26)

  • The ranch house was filled with breakables of sixty varieties, and people kept banging into them, as well as each other.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • You might be ducking a lot of dishes, glasses, and other breakables, or the occasional airborne frying pan or flying cutlery set.

    Blog text (9)

  • Please handle these breakables with care; they could easily shatter if dropped.

Antonyms

sturdy
76 2.1

Strong and solid so it does not break easily

unbreakable
25 2.7

Very strong and hard to damage in normal use

Surface Forms

breakable singular
breakables plural

Morphology

breakable = breakable (transparent) = break + able

The noun sense is a straightforward conversion of the adjective 'breakable' meaning something that can be broken.

Etymology

Breakable used as a noun comes from the parts break ('to damage or separate') and -able ('able to be'), so it means 'an item that can be broken' and refers to fragile objects like glass or vases.