Definitions for crumble

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crumble crum·ble

Spelling: [kruhm-buh l]

IPA: /ˈkrʌm bəl/

Crumble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in crumble (bcelmru).

Definitions for crumble

noun

1. a crumbly or crumbled substance.
2. crumbles, bits of crisp bacon, bread, etc., added to other foods, especially as a topping.
3. British Dialect. crumb; particle; fragment.

verb (used with object)

1. to break into small fragments or crumbs.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
2. to decay or disintegrate gradually:

Origin of crumble

1375-1425; earlier crymble, crimble; late Middle English kremelen, akin to crome crumb; see -le

Examples for crumble

For such a source of outward joy to crumble so violently, what the hell happened?

With every lurch of her feet, Andrew expected to feel her crumble beneath him.

“The point that people forget is that the music industry started to crumble, and everything started to change,” she says.

And if he did, are these walls that will crumble at a few cannon-shots?

Afghans will lose faith in it and the credibility of modern political institutions will crumble.

But, Ali warns all that can change quickly if Anbar continues to crumble, “right now, we are looking into the Abyss.”

Is it in this wise that a house noble for centuries is to crumble into ruin?

Not yet to be, and nevertheless to crumble away in this fashion under the sky!

It seemed too bright for a thing formed of dust, and doomed to crumble into dust again.

The Congressman barely batted an eye when the stage beneath him began to crumble under the weight of the supporters on it.