crumbly
crumbly
Definition
crum·bly (-blē)
adjective -·blier, -·bli·est
- apt to crumble; easily crumbled
- crumblike; consisting of crumbs or small particles
crum′·bli·ness noun
crumbly
Synonyms
crumbly
modif.
Antonyms
crumbly
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: She does a sort of Shortening, which in culinary terms means making the pastry crumbly to create a nicer effect on the palate.
Modifies a noun
- texture: Its flavor is creamy and mild with a crumbly texture.
- compost: Large amounts of clippings dumped on a small heap tend to turn into green slime rather than crumbly compost.
- cheese: The Greeks stress that this crumbly tangy cheese has been made in Greece from sheep's milk for the past 6,000 years.
- soil: The finished compost will look like a rich crumbly soil, without a trace of its original contents.
- rock: An exciting and exposed climb up 300 meters of crumbly rock left them both suitably excited!
- material: It forms a soft, crumbly material, uniformly dark brown in color.
Modifying Another Word
- too: If the mixture is too crumbly to form balls, then add a little more melted butter.
- very: Bat droppings are similar to small mammals but on closer inspection are very crumbly due to the insect contents.
- quite: The wall has then been filled with what looks like more lime mortar and again is quite crumbly.
- slightly: At certain times of year the paste becomes firmer and slightly crumbly.
- somewhat: The ascent of the Wrekin, along the main track, initially found dark fine-grained dolerites, which were very weathered and somewhat crumbly.
- rather: Other cheeses can be frozen but on defrosting they may become rather crumbly.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Other cheeses can be frozen but on defrosting they may become rather crumbly.
Preposition: in
- texture: They are usually classed as soft cheeses but can be crumbly in texture.
Preposition: with
- bite: Moist and crumbly with a mildly acid bite, which becomes more fruity as it matures.
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