breadcrumb

Meaning of breadcrumb

noun
  1. a small fragment of bread.
  2. a series of connected pieces of information or evidence.
    federal agents stood by in the hope that the trail of breadcrumbs would lead to a Mexican drug cartel
    you have to be careful about the digital breadcrumbs that you are leaving behind

mid 18th century: from bread + crumb. breadcrumb (sense 2) is from the traditional story of Hansel and Gretel, who leave a trail of breadcrumbs behind them as they walk through a forest, intending to use them in order to retrace their steps.

Information about breadcrumb

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of breadcrumb is: breadcrumbs.
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Hyphenation of breadcrumb

bread-crumb

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • breadcrumb is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with breadcrumb

rumb, crumb

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