English language
Toggle Transcript
crumble::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fall apart |
| Type of | disintegrate |
The cookies crumbled.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break down, collapse, crumple, tumble |
| Type of | change integrity |
the building crumbled after the explosion.
Examples of crumble
crumble
So what would become of their relationship once his marriage started to crumble?
From the guardian.co.uk
Whip the cream into soft peaks and crumble the meringue over it in large chunks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They get bored and fractious and all your carefully cultivated routines crumble.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In keeping with the previous courses the crumble was of a healthy sized portion.
From the knutsfordguardian.co.uk
Tents sit precariously aside building structures that could crumble at any time.
From the ocregister.com
Spoon the crumble mixture over the apples, covering as much of them as possible.
From the kentucky.com
Brown and crumble the sausage in a skillet that doesn't have a nonstick surface.
From the dallasnews.com
We've seen the tragic consequences when our bridges crumble and our levees fail.
From the denverpost.com
Without those all-but-undetectable movements, joint cartilage begins to crumble.
From the timesunion.com
- Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
- Break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
- Decay: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
- (crumbly) easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies"
- A crumble is a dish of British origin that can be made in a sweet or savoury version, depending on ingredients used. A sweet variety usually contains stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat (usually butter), flour, and sugar. ...
- (Crumbles) pelleted feed that has been broken into smaller granular pieces.
- (Crumbles) means food for birds, often broken up pellets.
- (Crumbling) Soft, weak surface caused by use of too much sand aggregate or retarder.
- (Crumbly) A descriptor for cheese that crumbles when cut. Examples are blue-veined cheeses and well-aged feta.
