crumpet
noun
crum·pet ˈkrəm-pət 
: a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle and usually split and toasted before serving
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web While the crumpet-laden experience was a pop-up, the splendor will become a permanent fixture after the ongoing lobby renovation is complete. 
Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022 Try making your own with this crumpet recipe from our sister site Food & Wine. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021 At the time, this creation was essentially a variation on a crumpet, a common English pastry that has earned its own status stateside. Sara Tane, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2021 The Mix and Match Bakery Gift has scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a savory item inside a basket that will be wrapped and sent to Mom. oregonlive, 7 May 2020 Select from scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a sweet and savory item, and the basket will be wrapped and sent to Mom. oregonlive, 3 May 2020 Golf croquet is a variation of the tea-and-crumpets variety of croquet. Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2019 Nearly four years after ending its six-season run, the show already feels like a relic of some kinder, gentler era of television; a warm PBS crumpet in a cold-donut world. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019 With 2,700 pubs across Old Blighty, this 220-year-old brewery was as British as afternoon tea and crumpets. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2019 See More
Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022 Try making your own with this crumpet recipe from our sister site Food & Wine. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021 At the time, this creation was essentially a variation on a crumpet, a common English pastry that has earned its own status stateside. Sara Tane, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2021 The Mix and Match Bakery Gift has scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a savory item inside a basket that will be wrapped and sent to Mom. oregonlive, 7 May 2020 Select from scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a sweet and savory item, and the basket will be wrapped and sent to Mom. oregonlive, 3 May 2020 Golf croquet is a variation of the tea-and-crumpets variety of croquet. Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 20 Oct. 2019 Nearly four years after ending its six-season run, the show already feels like a relic of some kinder, gentler era of television; a warm PBS crumpet in a cold-donut world. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019 With 2,700 pubs across Old Blighty, this 220-year-old brewery was as British as afternoon tea and crumpets. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Middle English crompid (cake) wafer, literally, curled-up cake, from crumped, past participle of crumpen to curl up, from crump, crumb crooked, from Old English crumb; akin to Old High German krump crooked
First Known Use
1638, in the meaning defined above