breakable
/ˈbɹeɪkəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.42 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Next Christmas she sent us bisque dolls, very lovely but too breakable to hug; we could not even kiss them but they cracked."
- "We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived."
- "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.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.