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frail - a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) |
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handbasket,
basket a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
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frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds |
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weight unit,
weight a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
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frail - physically weak; "an invalid's frail body" |
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robust rough and crude; "a robust tale"
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delicate exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
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weak deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
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debile,
weakly,
decrepit,
infirm,
sapless,
rickety,
feeble,
weak lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
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light-boned having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh
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