brittle

noun

: a candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts spread in thin sheets

peanut brittle

Examples of brittle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some good news for the indecisive: Guests can sample most treats in store, including Pecan Jacks ice cream, pralines and their brittle. —Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

Pass Mountain Trail seems to be the star this year with a range of blooms that include poppies, lupines, brittles, fiddleneck, cinchweed, chuparosa and asters. —Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Feb. 2026

Once everything is set, break the brittle into pieces and enjoy. —Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Dec. 2025

Since starting out in 2015 and opening its first outlet in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill, Malai has extended its flavor bombs to sorbets, nut brittles, and ice cream cakes (don’t sleep on the gulab jamun cake!). —Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing brittle

• brittle bone disease
• brittle bones
• brittle star

Rhymes for brittle

• acquittal
• belittle
• committal
• hospital
• popliteal
• submittal
• transmittal
• kittel
• kittle
• little
• spital
• spittle

Kids Definition

brittle

1 of 2 adjective

brit·​tle ˈbrit-ᵊl 

brittler ˈbrit-lər 

-ᵊl-ər

; brittlest -ləst 

-ᵊl-əst

: easily broken, cracked, or snapped

brittle glass

brittleness

ˈbrit-ᵊl-nəs 

noun

brittle

2 of 2 noun

: a hard candy made with sugar and nuts and spread in thin sheets

peanut brittle

Medical Definition

brittle

adjective

brit·​tle ˈbrit-ᵊl 

: affected with or being a form of type 1 diabetes characterized by large and unpredictable fluctuations in blood glucose level

brittle diabetes

a brittle diabetic