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We found 32 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word brittle:
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General dictionaries General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. brittle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. brittle: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  3. brittle: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  4. Brittle: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. brittle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. brittle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. brittle: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. brittle: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. brittle: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  10. brittle: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  11. brittle: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  12. Brittle (disambiguation), Brittle (food), Brittle (software), Brittle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  13. Brittle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. brittle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  15. brittle: Rhymezone [home, info]
  16. brittle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  17. brittle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  18. brittle: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. brittle: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  20. brittle: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  21. Brittle, brittle: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  22. brittle: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  23. brittle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brittle: ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brittle: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brittle: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
  2. brittle: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brittle: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. brittle: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. brittle: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary [home, info]
  2. brittle: FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy [home, info]

Quick definitions (brittle)

noun:  caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
adjective:  (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
adjective:  lacking warmth and generosity of spirit ("A brittle and calculating woman")
adjective:  having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped ("Brittle bones")
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #27934)

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Phrases that include brittle:   brittle star, brittle bladder fern, brittle fern, brittle fracture, brittle b's, more...

Words similar to brittle:   brickle, brickly, brittlely, brittleness, brittler, brittlest, toffee, toffy, unannealed, crispy, stiff, more...


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