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What (who) is brittle$9736$ - definition
CONFECTION
Peanut brittle; Peanut pattie; Pecan brittle; Nougatine; Nut brittle; Nutty brittle; Nutty Brittle; Nut Brittle; Palanqueta; Brittle (candy)
Brittle (food)
Brittle is a type of confection consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts, which are usually less than 1 cm thick.
brittle
MATERIAL TENDENCY TO BREAK FROM STRESS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT PLASTIC DEFORMATION
Brittle
¦ adjective
1. hard but liable to break easily.
2. (of a voice) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs of nervousness or instability.
¦ noun a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar.
Derivatives
brittlely (or brittly) adverb
brittleness noun
Origin
ME, ult. of Gmc origin and related to OE breotan 'break up'.
Wikipedia
Brittle (food)
Brittle is a type of confection consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with nuts such as pecans, almonds, or peanuts, and which are usually less than 1 cm thick.
