Breadcrumbs definition

Plural form of breadcrumb.
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(Internet) A trail of hyperlinks that lead consecutively to the current page, displayed in the page as a guide and a means of navigating easily to any of the pages in the trail.
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A description of the trail you took to arrive at your current location. Text breadcrumbs are common on websites to help users navigate the site. For example, breadcrumbs such as Products->TVs->Plasma indicate that the Plasma TV Products page you are looking at was retrieved by first clicking Products, then TVs and then Plasma.From Hansel and GretelThe term comes from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. When their father took them into the woods to abandon them, the children dropped crumbs of bread along the way to leave a trail back home.
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Noun

Singular:
breadcrumbs
Plural:
bread crumbs

Origin of breadcrumbs

  • Sense 2 comes from the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, where Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to find the way back home when venturing in to the woods.

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Breadcrumbs Sentence Examples

  • It will now autogenerate pages and the breadcrumbs navigation trails.

  • Pour over the sauce and sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top.

  • Transfer to a lightly oiled dish and sprinkle with 50g breadcrumbs, blue cheese and oil.

  • Topped with breadcrumbs, cheese and flaked almonds, this makes a toothsome, teatime treat.

  • Rather than grilling the meat to make kushiage, the meat is coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried.

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