Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To break into small fragments or pieces.
- intransitive verb To fall into small fragments or pieces; disintegrate.
- intransitive verb To give way; collapse.
- noun A baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small crumb; a fragment; a particle; a morsel.
- To break into small fragments; divide into minute parts or morsels.
- To fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments; become disintegrated.
- To fall into desuetude; decay; become frittered away; disappear piecemeal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
- transitive verb To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
fall apart ; todisintegrate . - verb To
render intocrumbs . - noun A
dessert ofBritish origin containingstewed fruit topped with acrumbly mixture offat ,flour , andsugar .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fall apart
- verb fall into decay or ruin
- verb break or fall apart into fragments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The crumble is my favourite part of the whole bar.
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The crumble is my favourite part of the whole bar.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Watching Pakistan crumble from a pseudo-democracy into a despotic dictatorship rife with Islamic fundamentalist extremists who threaten the security of the Middle East and victory in Afghanistan is a huge issue.
Iraq War Not Top 10 News Story In 2007? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2007
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Watching Pakistan crumble from a pseudo-democracy into a despotic dictatorship rife with Islamic fundamentalist extremists who threaten the security of the Middle East and victory in Afghanistan is a huge issue.
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The butter in the crumble is cut in, not melted, making it very crumbly but surprisingly not dry.
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Where the library brand begins to crumble is when people say that they use the library less [because] they like to locate information for themselves.
MORE ABOUT THE LIBRARY BRAND Ms. OPL 2006
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The butter in the crumble is cut in, not melted, making it very crumbly but surprisingly not dry.
Archive 2006-02-01 2006
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Bake in 350 F oven until crumble is golden, about 40 minutes.
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Bake in 350 F oven until crumble is golden, about 40 minutes.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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I repeat that I do not think that Hitler, when he gets the oil, will be victorious, because Germany will crumble from the inside, but I think they will try everything before they absolutely crash.
treeseed commented on the word crumble
Crisps and Crumbles - Crisps are baked with the fruit mixture on the bottom with a crumb topping. The crumb topping can be made with flour, nuts, bread crumbs, cookie or graham cracker crumbs, or even breakfast cereal. Crumbles are the British version of the American Crisp.
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February 6, 2008
john commented on the word crumble
“A British dessert in which raw fruit is topped with a crumbly pastry mixture and baked. One reference says a crumble is like a crisp, but not as rich.”
Ochef.com, Cobbler, Crisp, Crumble, Grunt, Slump—You Get the Picture
April 6, 2010