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CRUMBLY

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Irregular inflected forms: crumblier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, crumbliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: crumblier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: crumbliest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powderplay

Example:

crumbly cookies

Synonyms:

crumbly; friable

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

breakable (capable of being broken or damaged)

Derivation:

crumb (small piece of e.g. bread or cake)

crumbliness (excessive breakableness)

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