Friable definition

Friable means a soil condition that is easily crumbled or loosely compacted down to a minimum depth per planting material requirements, whereby the root structure of newly planted material will be allowed to spread unimpeded.
Friable means that the material when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure and includes previously nonfriable material after such previously nonfriable material becomes damaged to the extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
Friable means that the material when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by

Examples of Friable in a sentence

  • Friable asbestos is asbestos in a form that can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.


More Definitions of Friable

Friable means that the material, when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure or mechanical forces reasonably expected to act on the material and includes previously nonfriable material after such nonfriable material becomes damaged to the extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure or mechanical forces reasonably expected to act on the material.
Friable means material which is capable of being crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure of which under normal use or maintenance emits or can be expected to emit asbestos fibers into the air.
Friable means able to be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure when dry.
Friable means material that when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
Friable means asbestos material capable of being crumbled in the hand.
Friable means asbestos-containing material that when dry
Friable means, when dry—