BRITTLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Firm but easily broken

Synonyms:

brittleness; crispiness; crispness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("brittleness" is a kind of...):

breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brittleness"):

flakiness (having or breaking into thin crisp flakes)

Derivation:

brittle (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped)

brittle ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured)