breadcrumb
a crumb of bread, either dried or soft.
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
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How to use breadcrumb in a sentence
The house version of chicken fried steak is, in fact, pork-fried steak, veiled in panko breadcrumbs under a mantle of gravy.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a good-sized quarter pounder of pearly meat spiced and rolled in Japanese breadcrumbs, then pan-fried to a crisp.
Become a Fried Seafood Believer at South Beach Market | Jane & Michael Stern | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProvided they can make an arrest, then comes the hard part: using those breadcrumbs as evidence in court.
Fugitives Who Love Facebook: The Next Big Crime Wave | Winston Ross | April 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCombine the breadcrumbs with the thyme, salt, pepper, and olive oil.
Add the crab meat, breadcrumbs, egg, mayonnaise, and sour cream.
Dip them into eggs and breadcrumbs put some bits of butter all over, and fry them of a nice colour.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisDip each piece of rabbit in breadcrumbs and broil, sprinkling the pieces with the marinade.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisSprinkle grated breadcrumbs over, brown with a salamander, and serve with brown gravy.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisWhen nearly done, take them out, strew over them grated breadcrumbs, and broil them on a gridiron.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice BaruChop suet finely (or fat from mutton will do) add breadcrumbs, parsley, grated lemon rind and salt, moisten with egg and milk.
My Pet Recipes, Tried and True | Various
British Dictionary definitions for breadcrumb
/ (ˈbrɛdˌkrʌm) /
the soft inner part of bread
(plural) bread crumbled into small fragments, as for use in cooking
to coat (food) with breadcrumbs: egg and breadcrumb the escalopes
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