frail

frail is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
2. noun. The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
3. noun. A rush for weaving baskets.
4. superlative. Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
5. superlative. Tender.
6. superlative. Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
7. noun. a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
8. noun. the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
9. adjective. easily broken or damaged or destroyed

   "a kite too delicate to fly safely"

   "fragile porcelain plates"

   Synonyms: delicate, fragile

10. adjective. wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

    "I'm only a fallible human"

    "frail humanity"

    Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak

11. adjective. physically weak

    "an invalid's frail body"

Synonyms

delicate, fragile, fallible, imperfect, weak

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in frail:

filar, flair

Common word forms

frails, frailer, frailly, frailest, frailness

Words from these letters

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