crumble
Meaning of crumble
verb
- break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
the plaster started to crumble
- a mixture of flour and fat that is rubbed to the texture of breadcrumbs and cooked as a topping for fruit.
sprinkle the crumble over the rhubarb
late Middle English: probably from an Old English word related to crumb.
Information about crumble
- The plural form of crumble is: crumbles.
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Hyphenation of crumble
crum-ble
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- crumble is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
crumble synonyms
Meaning crumple:
Meaning decay:
Meaning break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay:
Meaning break or cause to break into fragments:
Meaning become progressively worse:
Meaning decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally:
Meaning (with reference to a chemical compound) break down or cause to break down into component elements or simpler constituents:
Meaning (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose:
Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:
Meaning (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay:
Translation of crumble
- German: zerdrücken, zerquetschen, zermalmen, zerbröseln, zerkrümeln
- Spanish: pulverizar, desmenuzar
- Italian: polverizzare, frantumare, sbriciolare
- French: émietter
- Portuguese: esmigalhar
Anagrams of crumble
Words that rhyme with crumble
Amble, Gamble, amble, bescramble, bramble, cramble, descramble, famble, gamble, hamble, outgamble, overgamble, peramble, praeamble, preamble, ramble, regamble, rescramble, scamble, scramble, shamble, unscramble, wamble, whamble, Bremble, Kemble, assemble, atremble, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, jemble, misassemble, preassemble, preresemble, reassemble, remble, resemble, semble, subassemble, tremble, Bimble, Gimble, Kimble, Trimble, chimble, crimble, dimble, fimble, gimble
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