breadcrumb
part of speech
noun (a breadcrumb, breadcrumbs)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tiny piece of bread. tree →
2) Breadcrumbs (plural): very small bits of dried bread used for coating food like fish or chicken before frying. tree →
3) (computing) A breadcrumb trail: a line of links at the top of a website showing where you are, like Home > Science > Plants. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, Hansel and Gretel leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home, but birds eat them. In cooking, food is coated in breadcrumbs. In computing lessons, breadcrumbs help you find your way on a website. Phrases: a trail of breadcrumbs, coated in breadcrumbs.
examples
- Hansel dropped breadcrumbs to mark the path. tree →
- The birds ate all the breadcrumbs. tree →
- Dip the fish in egg and then in breadcrumbs. tree →
- There were breadcrumbs all over the table after breakfast. tree →
- The website's breadcrumbs showed Home > Games > Puzzles. tree →
- We fed breadcrumbs to the ducks, but oats are better for them. tree →
- Gangazara sat in the dark cellar, without the sun's light falling upon him, and feasted upon the breadcrumbs and sweetmeats that the rats so kindly supplied him with. tree →
note
Countable, usually plural (breadcrumbs). Bread itself is uncountable. Feeding a lot of bread to ducks is bad for them.
Trees and pragmatics
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