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Meanings of crumbly in English

Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder.

Crumbly.

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Usage of crumbly in English
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Granny Agnes's 1887 recipe for thick, crumbly oatcakes is still used today.
The Guardian
2
Rub this all together with the hands until well mixed and crumbly.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit A...
3
If this is not done the paper deteriorates, becoming brittle and crumbly.
The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
4
Driven in the crumbly snow between Eddy and me was one picket.
Rock and Ice Magazine
5
Rub the flour and butter together until it is combined and crumbly.
The Irish Times
6
Now, as I have already said, these boards were soft and crumbly.
At the Back of the North Wind
7
Mix together the dry, crumbly walnut mixture and the sweet prune paste.
The Irish Times
8
It was crumbly and had broken up a little in the cutting.
The Irish Times
9
I, for one, didn't plan on eating any-theylooked crumbly and stale.
Another life altogether: a novel
10
Adipocere, a crumbly, soaplike substance, clung to its borders and symphyseal face.
Devil Bones
11
But now, halfway up, I was staring at crumbly, dark gray schist.
Climbing Magazine
12
Underneath, the dirt was crumbly and dry and much easier to move.
The Vanished
13
The dirt beneath the flag was packed, not crumbly like undisturbed soil.
Desert places: a novel of terror
14
White; crumbly; sharp; a good Welsh Rabbit cheese if you can get it.
The Complete Book of Cheese
15
However, we wanted cookies that were finer-textured and a bit crumbly.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
16
All I could hear and see was crumbly cactus underneath my trembling body.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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