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verb (used with object)
1.
to break into small fragments or crumbs.
verb (used without object)
2.
to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
3.
to decay or disintegrate gradually: The ancient walls had crumbled.
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Crumbled
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
4.
a crumbly or crumbled substance.
5.
crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
6.
British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.
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Word Origin & History
crumble
O.E. *crymelan, presumed frequentative of gecrymman "to break into crumbs," from cruma (see crumb). The -b- is probably on analogy of Fr. words like humble, where it belongs.
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