frail

1. 1.

   the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

   Broaderweight unit
2. 2.

   a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

   Broaderbasket

Other forms of frail

plural

frails·

comparative

frailer·

superlative

frailest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about frail

What does frail mean?

frail means "physically weak". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in frail?

frail has 1 syllable: frail. In IPA it is /ˈfɹeɪl/.

What is another word for frail?

Close synonyms include fallible, imperfect, weak, delicate, fragile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of frail?

The recorded antonyms are robust.

Is frail a common word?

frail is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.