crumbly

«crumbly» in Mova's school dictionary: Something crumbly breaks easily into small pieces called… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (crumbly, crumblier, crumbliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Something crumbly breaks easily into small pieces called crumbs. tree →

2) Crumbly can also describe soil, rock or old walls that fall apart easily. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking, crumbly describes cakes, biscuits, scones and some cheeses. In science, crumbly rocks and soils are easy to break and weather fast. In stories, a crumbly old castle wall tells the reader it is very old and maybe unsafe. Common phrases: «crumbly biscuit», «crumbly cheese», «crumbly soil», «crumbly old wall», «nice and crumbly».

examples

• The shortbread was soft and crumbly. tree →
• Wensleydale is a crumbly white cheese. tree →
• The gardener said the soil should be dark and crumbly. tree →
• The crumbly old wall was not safe to climb. tree →
• Chalk is a soft, crumbly rock. tree →
• My cake was too crumbly to cut into neat slices. tree →
• Crumbly bits of biscuit fell all over the sofa. tree →

note

Comparative: crumblier, crumbliest. Built from «crumble» + «-y». «A crumble» is also a pudding (apple crumble). Crumbly is the opposite of «sticky», «chewy» or «firm».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «crumbly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.