Overview of noun frail

The noun frail has 2 senses

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


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

Overview of adj frail

The adj frail has 3 senses

• frail -- (physically weak; "an invalid's frail body")


• fallible, frail, imperfect, weak -- (wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity")


• delicate, fragile, frail -- (easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft")