from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones.
- adj. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile.
- adj. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition.
- adj. Lacking warmth of feeling; cold: a reputation for being brittle and aloof.
- adj. Brilliantly sharp, as in percussive sound.
- adj. Perishable.
- adj. Fleeting; transitory.
- n. A confection of caramelized sugar to which nuts are added: walnut brittle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
- adj. Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- adj. Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- adj. Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- n. A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
- n. Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 1. Fickle; changeable.
- Breaking easily and suddenly with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
- Figuratively, easily destroyed; perishable; fleeting.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- adj. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- adj. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
Like so many other treats available now, this brittle is around for only a few more weeks.
Peanut brittle is more common than cashew brittle, but cashews are a great fit for this recipe because they have a naturally buttery flavor that really suits the buttery shortbread base.
The brittle texture of peanut brittle is usually a turn off to me.
But this brittle is still a hit and the batch I shared with my colleagues was gone in five minutes.
One of the reasons computer programs are so brittle is that everything is digital, so a single bit flip could massively change a value.
Tathagres paused at his side, her expression brittle as porcelain and her mood black as the cloth which bound her hair.
Scientists at this week's sessions will hear about the discovery of what the researchers call a brittle star city off the coast of New Zealand.
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