breadcrumb

[ bred-kruhm ]

noun
  1. a crumb of bread, either dried or soft.

  2. Usually breadcrumbs. Also called breadcrumb trail .Digital Technology. a sequence of text links on the current page of a website or web-based application, usually at the top, showing the page's location within a hierarchy of content or browsing history and providing a convenient navigational tool: Online shoppers can use breadcrumbs to see other products in the same category.

Origin of breadcrumb

1
First recorded in 1760–70; bread + crumb

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How to use breadcrumb in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for breadcrumb

breadcrumb

/ (ˈbrɛdˌkrʌm) /


noun
  1. the soft inner part of bread

  2. (plural) bread crumbled into small fragments, as for use in cooking

verb(tr)
  1. to coat (food) with breadcrumbs: egg and breadcrumb the escalopes

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