breadcrumb

[ bred-kruhm ]

/ ˈbrɛdˌkrʌm /

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noun

a crumb of bread, either dried or soft.

Usually breadcrumbs. Also called breadcrumb trail .Digital Technology. a sequence of text links on the current page of a website or web-based application, usually at the top, showing the page's location within a hierarchy of content or browsing history and providing a convenient navigational tool: Online shoppers can use breadcrumbs to see other products in the same category.

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Origin of breadcrumb

First recorded in 1760–70; bread + crumb

Words nearby breadcrumb

bread and circuses, bread and honey, breadbasket, breadboard, breadbox, breadcrumb, bread flour, breadfruit, bread knife, bread line, bread mold

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How to use breadcrumb in a sentence

Breadcrumbs aren’t on every category or product page, but they should be.
Five must-haves of a conversion worthy ecommerce website|Matthew Rogers|July 19, 2022|Search Engine Watch
If you are recording your tracks, hold your phone out in front of you and turn your body until the map arrow points in the direction of your breadcrumb trail.
How to Find Your Location Without Cell Service|syadron|September 29, 2021|Outside Online
Pour the olive oil mixture over the breadcrumb mixture and stir until it resembles wet sand, adding more oil if needed.
How to prep, cook and enjoy stuffed artichokes|Ann Maloney|March 11, 2021|Washington Post
Top each tomato half with about 1 tablespoon of the breadcrumb mixture.
Turn cod into a swoon-worthy sheet-pan meal with herby, spicy bread crumbs|Ellie Krieger|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

The breadcrumb mixture starts with panko — whole wheat or regular, whichever you prefer — to ensure extra crispiness.
Turn cod into a swoon-worthy sheet-pan meal with herby, spicy bread crumbs|Ellie Krieger|October 29, 2020|Washington Post
When cold, roll it into large boudins the shape of sausages, egg and breadcrumb, and fry.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
Egg and breadcrumb them, dip them in clarified butter, and fry a pale gold colour, and serve on a border of mashed potatoes.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
Take them up, drain, and let them get cold; then egg and breadcrumb them, and fry them in hot butter a nice pale colour.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
Blanch and braize as above, and when cold egg and breadcrumb and sautez in butter.
The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste:|Mrs. W. G. Waters
Make the mixture into sausages, roll them into a little breadcrumb, and fry them brown in a little vege-butter.
The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book|Thomas R. Allinson

British Dictionary definitions for breadcrumb

breadcrumb

/ (ˈbrɛdˌkrʌm) /

noun

the soft inner part of bread

(plural) bread crumbled into small fragments, as for use in cooking

verb (tr)

to coat (food) with breadcrumbsegg and breadcrumb the escalopes

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