Crumble Definition

krŭmbəl
crumbled, crumbles, crumbling
verb
crumbled, crumbles, crumbling
To break into crumbs or small pieces.
Webster's New World
To fall to pieces; disintegrate.
Webster's New World
To give way; collapse.
An ego that crumbles under pressure.
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noun
crumbles
A crumb or crumbling substance.
Webster's New World
A baked dessert of fruit topped with a crumbly pastry mixture.
Cherry crumble.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Crumble

Noun

Singular:
crumble
Plural:
crumbles

Origin of Crumble

  • Alteration (influenced by crumb) of Middle English cremelen from Old English crymelen frequentative of gecrymmian to break into crumbs from cruma crumb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Crumble Sentence Examples

  • The book's ancient pages were so brittle, he feared they would crumble before he finished.

  • The ceiling began to crumble.

  • The barrier that separated the Arabs from the conquered nations begins to crumble away.

  • The walls around the bailey began to crumble.

  • Towards the northern end of Malabar hill lie the Parsee Towers of Silence, where the Parsecs expose their dead till the flesh is devoured by vultures, and then cast the bones into a well where they crumble into dust.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRU

Words Ending With

ELEBLE

Unscrambles

crumble

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CR & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With LE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With E