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frail

The correct spelling is frail.

How to pronounce frail

/fɹeɪl/
noun

IPA: /fɹeɪl/

Say it like: Fra-yl

The correct spelling is frail. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
  2. 2.The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
  3. 3.A rush for weaving baskets.
  4. 4.A girl.

verb

  1. 1.To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.

adjective

  1. 1.Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish
  2. 2.Weak; infirm.
  3. 3.Mentally fragile.
  4. 4.Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

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