Crumbable

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be broken into crumbs; crumbly.

    "Friable asbestos is dry asbestos unencapsulated which is readily crumbable and has the potential of becoming airborne."

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"Friable asbestos is dry asbestos unencapsulated which is readily crumbable and has the potential of becoming airborne."

Etymology

From crumb + -able.

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