brittle 1adjectivedomain: all adjPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitionhaving little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snappedReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.brittle bones2.`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal3.glass is brittleSynonymsbrickle 1having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snappedbrickly 1having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped