crumbly

[ kruhm-blee ]

/ ˈkrʌm bli /

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adjective, crum·bli·er, crum·bli·est.

apt to crumble; friable.

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Origin of crumbly

First recorded in 1515–25; crumble + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM crumbly

crum·bli·ness, nounun·crum·bly, adjective

Words nearby crumbly

cruizie, cruller, crumb, crumble, crumblings, crumbly, crumbs, crumbum, crumby, crumhorn, crummie

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How to use crumbly in a sentence

Prag explains that quinoa flour bakes similarly to oat flour, creating a denser, more crumbly texture.
A Curious Eater's Guide to Alternative Flours|Christine Byrne|December 15, 2020|Outside Online
Tasters found it “crumbly,” “dusty,” “sandy” and “almost like shortbread.”
Who makes the best chocolate chip cookie? We tasted 14 top brands and ranked them.|Matt Brooks|December 4, 2020|Washington Post
Then, you dump the flour in and use a fork or your fingers, mixing until you get crumbly dough that comes together when you press it with your fingers.
A one-bowl sheet-pan cookie so easy a child taught me how to make it|Ann Maloney|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
We threw in a spoiler crumbly cookie into all of the shipping methods, to see how much of a risk it is.
The Best Ways to Send Holiday Cookies in the Mail|Meghan McCarron|November 30, 2020|Eater

Add more cream or stock, 1 tablespoon at a time, if it is dry or crumbly.
This sheet-pan cornbread dressing has even more of the crispy, crunchy bits we love|Ann Maloney|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Add the butter and mix it on low speed until the mixture is crumbly.
The Barefoot Contessa Knows How To Make Us Crumble|Ina Garten|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, the crumbly texture helps make it a sinfully delicious topping for yogurt.
Carrot Cake Without Eggs Recipe|Emily Chang|March 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Granted, without eggs to help bind it together, it's a bit more crumbly than your average cake.
Carrot Cake Without Eggs Recipe|Emily Chang|March 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Add the meat and cook, breaking it up with a fork, until it has lost its pink color and is evenly crumbly.
What to Eat: An Adult Halloween Dinner Party|The Daily Beast|October 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Its tip was not metal, but chipped stone—crumbly, like the arrow-heads.
Pharaoh's Broker|Ellsworth Douglass
I found it porous and crumbly, and no heavier than so much chalk.
Pharaoh's Broker|Ellsworth Douglass
This extract rapidly gets hard, crumbly, and mouldy by keeping.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
They bought a piece of it, a crumbly piece, with five shillings before they went away.
Married Life|May Edginton
"Down this side, I think," he said, and they swung the lantern over the Grande Grève slope below the bit of crumbly pathway.
A Maid of the Silver Sea|John Oxenham

British Dictionary definitions for crumbly

crumbly

/ (ˈkrʌmblɪ) /

adjective -blier or -bliest

easily crumbled or crumbling

noun -blies

British slang an older person

Derived forms of crumbly

crumbliness, noun

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