crumble
A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of…A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
» That's just the way the cookie crumbles.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
blackberry and apple crumble
Crumble
Examples
73 sentencesThat's just the way the cookie crumbles.
I guess that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
ruПолагаю, это просто так крошится печенье. — Hellerick
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Отака от хуйня, малята. — deniko
ruВот такие пироги. — odexed
deSo ist das Leben. — jakov
Why are you crumbling this bread?
ruЗачем ты крошишь этот хлеб? — Selena777
What's the recipe for apple crumble?
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.
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Forms
plural: crumblesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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