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Definition: Crumbly |
CrumblyAdjective1. Apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crumbly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pulverulence | Pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized. Verb: attrite; in pieces. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Crumbly |
| English words defined with "crumbly": Cheshire cheese ♦ short. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crumbly": blaes. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Crumbly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crumbly" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "crumbly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crumbly | Last name | 200 | 36,032 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "crumbly": be crumbly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "crumbly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i thërrmueshëm (powdery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трошлив (breakable, frangible, friable, pulverulent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 脆. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | drolivý, drobivý (friable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | med krummestruktur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruimelig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | muruinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grumeleux, friable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bröckelig (crumbling, friable, papery, tottering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εύθρυπτοσ (friable), ετοιμόρροποσ (decrepit, derelict, floppy, groggy, ramshackle, tottery, tumble down), ψαθυρός (brittle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | omladozó (crumbling, dilapidated, mouldering, shackly, tumble-down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | friabile (brittle, friable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mollim (friable, rotting), mhollim, kinneigagh (diminutive), boghlanagh (crumbling, crumbling of wall). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umblycray quebradiço (brash, brittle, crisp, fragile, frail, friable, powdery), grumoso (lumpy). (various references) fãrâmicios (breakable, crumbling, fragile, frail, loose). (various references) рыхлый (bulk, doughy, friable, light, mealy). (various references) mrvljiv. (various references) grumoso (clotted, lumpy), desmoronadizo. (various references) smulig (friable). (various references) ufalanan (crumbling, crumby), dağılan (crumbling). (various references) яumюak (loose, soft). (various references) розсипчастий (crisp, mealy, powdery), пухкий (friable, mellow, non-coherent, well-padded). (various references) dễ vỡ vụn, dễ sụp, dễ lở, dễ đổ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Crumbly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Clubley, Cromsley, Cumbley, cumbly, cumly, grumbly, rumbly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "crumbly" (pronounced 'Crum"bly'): ASSEMBLY, Brambly, Bubbly, humbly, ignobly, Marbly, Nimbly, Nobly, Pebbly, Rubbly, stably, stubbly, Unnobly, Wabbly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-l-m-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: crumby, rumbly. | |
-2 letters: burly, crumb, curly. | |
-3 letters: blur, burl, bury, byrl, club, culm, curb, curl, ruby, ruly. | |
-4 letters: bum, bur, buy, cry, cub, cum, cur, lum, rub, rum, urb, yum. | |
-5 letters: by, mu, my, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-l-m-r-u-y" | |
+3 letters: cumbrously. | |
+5 letters: cumbersomely. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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