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embrittlement
English
Etymology
embrittle +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?b??tl?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: em?brit?tle?ment
Noun
embrittlement (countable and uncountable, plural embrittlements)
- The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material.
- 1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32:
- Even if no weakening effects were noticed after one or two overheatings, the cumulative heat effects would cause embrittlement and failure after subsequent overheatings.
- 1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32:
Translations
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brittle
English
Etymology
From Middle English britel, brutel, brotel (“brittle”), from Old English *brytel, *bryttol (“brittle, fragile”, literally “prone to or tending to break”); equivalent to brit +? -le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??tl?/
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Adjective
brittle (comparative brittler or more brittle, superlative brittlest or most brittle)
- Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
- Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron.
- A diamond is hard but brittle.
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste.
- (archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck.
- (informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
Derived terms
- brittle bone disease
- brittlebush
- brittlegill
- brittle hair syndrome
- brittlely, brittly
- brittleness
- brittle star
- brittlestem
- quasibrittle
Translations
Noun
brittle (usually uncountable, plural brittles)
- A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
- As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle.
- Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
Synonyms
- brickle
Translations
See also
- break, breakable
- short (adjective)
References
- brittle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- blitter, triblet
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