crumbly
crumbly · crumblier · crumbliest
bröselig
Easy to break into small fragmentsEasy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.
» This focaccia is tasty and crumbly.
janni · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesEasy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.
Near-synonym: crumby
bröselig
easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
Examples
6 sentencesThis focaccia is tasty and crumbly.
Feta cheese and cojita are both crumbly.
The waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.
Feta cheese is crumbly.
Cornish cows create crumbly cowpats.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
easy to break:
Forms
crumblier/more crumbly, crumbliest/most crumbly| Comparative | crumblier / more crumbly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | crumbliest / most crumbly Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsDerivednoncrumbly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.