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[ kruhm-blee ] / ˈkrʌm bli / SEE SYNONYMS FOR crumbly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, crum·bli·er, crum·bli·est.Origin of crumblyFirst recorded in 1515–25; crumble + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM crumblycrum·bli·ness, nounun·crum·bly, adjectiveWords nearby crumblycruizie, cruller, crumb, crumble, crumblings, crumbly, crumbs, crumbum, crumby, crumhorn, crummie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crumblyAdd the butter and mix it on low speed until the mixture is crumbly. The Barefoot Contessa Knows How To Make Us Crumble|Ina Garten|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST However, the crumbly texture helps make it a sinfully delicious topping for yogurt. Carrot Cake Without Eggs Recipe|Emily Chang|March 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST Gapper let him have 'em for two cents, because he'd had 'em a good while and the edges of 'em were some crumbly. The William Henry Letters|Abby Morton Diaz Just by the smell of them your mind's eye pictured them coming from the oven—crisp brown circlets, crumbly, toothsome, delectable. Cheerful--By Request|Edna Ferber
At first they walked on concrete and then came to a crumbly edge of it and found themselves stepping on hard, sandy earth. The Einstein See-Saw|Miles John Breuer Heres a broken one, and she reached over the screen and passed Dot the crumbly bit of candy. The Corner House Girls|Grace Brooks Hill Pilkins conducted them to the crumbly red brick house of the Von der Ruyslings. Roads of Destiny|O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for crumbly
adjective -blier or -bliesteasily crumbled or crumbling noun -bliesBritish slang an older person Derived forms of crumblycrumbliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to crumblysoft, powdery, breakable, crisp, crunchy, decayed, deteriorated, fragile, frail, friable, rotten, short, worn, frangible, shivery, corroded, degenerated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded |