breakages
Things smashed apart
Breakages are things that have been broken, or the act of breaking them.
The term appears most often in commercial and institutional contexts—hotels, moving companies, warehouses—where tracking damaged goods matters: The policy covers breakages during transit.
Breakage refers to the same thing in singular form: Allow for some breakage when shipping glassware.
Narrow surface breaks
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
- shattersBreaks into fragments
- splintersThin sharp broken fragments
- chipsThin fried slices
fragments · shards · ruptures · snaps · splits · smashes · crumbles · dents
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- frangibleCapable of being broken
flimsy · frail · thin · weak · unstable · precarious · shatterable · crackable
Catalog of held assets
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- write-offRecorded value reduction
- spoilageFood degradation process
wastage · shrinkage · damages · claims · insurance · liability · accounting · attrition
cracks
Narrow surface breaks
chips · fragments · shards · ruptures · snaps · splits · smashes · crumbles · dents · scratches
brittle
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- vulnerableOpen to attack
frangible · flimsy · frail · thin · weak · unstable · precarious · shatterable · crackable · tender
inventory
Catalog of held assets
spoilage · wastage · shrinkage · damages · claims · insurance · liability · accounting · attrition
mending
Restoring damaged items
soldering · fixing · restoring · replacing · bonding · adhesive · reinforcing · salvaging · reclaiming · kintsugi
accidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
- mishapsMinor unfortunate occurrences
- collisionsForceful contacts between objects
- dropsDescends or releases
impacts · falls · slips · mishandling · vibration · stress · fatigue · overload · pressure · shock
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition
breakageswholeness
Complete, undivided state
intactness · mint condition · completeness · soundness · good condition
breakagesrepairs
Restorative maintenance work
preservations · restorations · mending · fixes · preservation