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brittle
Overview of noun brittle
The noun brittle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. brittle, toffee, toffy -- (caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets)
Overview of adj brittle
The adj brittle has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) brittle, brickle, brickly -- (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal")
2. brittle -- (lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman")
3. brittle, unannealed -- ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brittle
1 sense of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, toffee, toffy
=> candy, confect
=> sweet, confection
=> dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brittle
1 sense of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, toffee, toffy
=> peanut brittle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brittle
1 sense of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, toffee, toffy
=> candy, confect
Antonyms of noun brittle
Member Holonyms of noun brittle
Substance Holonyms of noun brittle
Part Holonyms of noun brittle
Member Meronyms of noun brittle
Substance Meronyms of noun brittle
Part Meronyms of noun brittle
Meronyms of noun brittle
Holonyms of noun brittle
Attributes of noun brittle
Derived Forms of noun brittle
Domain of noun brittle
Domain Terms of noun brittle
Familiarity of noun brittle
brittle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brittle
1 sense of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, toffee, toffy
> candy, confect
=> candy bar
=> carob bar
=> hard candy
=> brandyball
=> patty
=> bonbon
=> brittle, toffee, toffy
=> butterscotch
=> candy cane
=> candy corn
=> caramel
=> cotton candy, spun sugar, candyfloss
=> dragee
=> dragee
=> fondant
=> fudge
=> gumdrop
=> honey crisp
=> mint, mint candy
=> horehound
=> jelly bean, jelly egg
=> kiss, candy kiss
=> licorice, liquorice
=> Life Saver
=> lollipop, sucker, all-day sucker
=> lozenge
=> marshmallow
=> marzipan, marchpane
=> nougat
=> nougat bar
=> nut bar
=> peanut bar
=> popcorn ball
=> praline
=> rock candy
=> rock candy, rock
=> sugar candy
=> sugarplum
=> taffy
=> truffle, chocolate truffle
=> Turkish Delight
=> Easter egg
Meronyms of noun brittle
1 sense of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, toffee, toffy
=> candy, confect
=> sweet, confection
=> dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
=> nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
=> food, nutrient
HAS PART: food, solid food
Holonyms of noun brittle
Grep of noun brittle
brittle
brittle-star
brittle bladder fern
brittle bush
brittle fern
brittle maidenhair
brittle maidenhair fern
brittle star
brittle willow
brittlebush
brittleness
peanut brittle
Grep of verb brittle
embrittle
Antonyms of adj brittle
3 senses of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, brickle, brickly
INDIRECT (VIA breakable) -> unbreakable
Sense 2
brittle
INDIRECT (VIA coldhearted) -> warmhearted
Sense 3
brittle, unannealed
INDIRECT (VIA untempered) -> tempered, treated, hardened, toughened
Similarity of adj brittle
3 senses of brittle
Sense 1
brittle, brickle, brickly
=> breakable (vs. unbreakable)
Sense 2
brittle
=> coldhearted (vs. warmhearted)
Sense 3
brittle, unannealed
=> untempered (vs. tempered), unhardened
Pertainyms of adj brittle
Attributes of adj brittle
Domain of adj brittle
Domain Terms of adj brittle
Familiarity of adj brittle
brittle used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj brittle
brittle
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