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crumbly

[kruhm-blee]

adjective

crumblier, crumbliest 
  1. apt to crumble; friable.



crumbly

/ ˈʌɪ /

adjective

  1. easily crumbled or crumbling

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. slangan older person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • crumbliness noun
  • uncrumbly adjective
  • ˈܳԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crumbly1

First recorded in 1515–25; crumble + -y 1
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The porous, sweet bite of melon, the crumbly salinity of feta, the flaky salt crystals, the mint, the balsamic—it was revelatory.

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But cornmeal is also thirsty, and my first attempt — which leaned on a mixture of olive oil, melted butter and a single egg for moisture — was dry, almost crumbly.

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"It was a bit damp and there was all this crumbly plaster and stuff in there - then my hand stumbled on this solid object and I pulled out this glass bottle."

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Some storms are warm and wet, like frosting; others are cold and dry, like crumbly pastry.

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Instead of going for drinks at a fancy London bar and getting a black cab home, we often split a bottle of cheap Tesco wine at one of our crammed and crumbly flats.

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