frails

Rush fruit baskets

Frails is the plural of frail, a flexible basket woven from rushes or similar material, traditionally used for packing figs, raisins, or other dried fruits.

The quantity such a basket holds—typically around seventy-five pounds—is also called a frail.

Two frails of figs arrived from the Mediterranean.

baskets

wicker

Pliant twig for weaving

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splint · weave · hamper · pannier · trug · creel · rush · picking · harvesting · market

weakness

fragile

Easily broken or damaged

vulnerable · enfeebled · debilitated · weakened · unsteady · shaky · tenuous · flimsy · decayed · mortal

Opposites
container type

frailscrates

Sturdy shipping containers

boxes · strongboxes · safes · wooden crates · casks

Phrases
Family

frail, frailty, frailness, frailer, frailest

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G