Crumbly
adjective
Easily breaking into small pieces or crumbs.
The cake was dry and crumbly.
Often appears as...
- crumbly cheese
- crumbly texture
adjective
Having the texture of a crumb or crumbs.
She loves the crumbly texture of the cheesecake.
Often appears as...
- crumbly pastry
- crumbly dough
adjective
Easily breaking into small pieces or crumbs.
The cake was dry and crumbly.
Often appears as...
- crumbly cheese
- crumbly texture
adjective
Having the texture of a crumb or crumbs.
She loves the crumbly texture of the cheesecake.
Often appears as...
- crumbly pastry
- crumbly dough
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Quality
Describes how something feels that easily breaks apart when touched.
The fresh bread was surprisingly crumbly.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Chewy
Use 'crumbly' when food isn't elastic or stretchy in your mouth.
This cheese is quite crumbly, unlike mozzarella.
Pro Tip 3/3Dryness Implication
Often implies that the item is dry, which may or may not be desired.
The crumbly cookie fell apart in my hands.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Quality
Describes how something feels that easily breaks apart when touched.
The fresh bread was surprisingly crumbly.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Chewy
Use 'crumbly' when food isn't elastic or stretchy in your mouth.
This cheese is quite crumbly, unlike mozzarella.
Pro Tip 3/3Dryness Implication
Often implies that the item is dry, which may or may not be desired.
The crumbly cookie fell apart in my hands.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Quality
Describes how something feels that easily breaks apart when touched.
The fresh bread was surprisingly crumbly.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Chewy
Use 'crumbly' when food isn't elastic or stretchy in your mouth.
This cheese is quite crumbly, unlike mozzarella.
Pro Tip 3/3Dryness Implication
Often implies that the item is dry, which may or may not be desired.
The crumbly cookie fell apart in my hands.
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How to defend Earth from...
okay this did a huge amount of damage and again this was a rock probably roughly the size of this auditorium that were sitting in in meteor crater it was made of metal and metal is much tougher so it made it to the ground the one over Tunguska was probably made of rock and that's much more crumbly so it blew up
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Phil Plait: How to...
and that's much more crumbly, so it blew up in the air. Either way, these are tremendous explosions -- 20 megatons. Now, when these things blow up, they're not going to do global ecological damage. They're not going to do something like the dinosaur killer did. They're just not big enough.
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What rocks on Mars can...
delivered us to the surface blew away the dust so we went to the the one over to the left and what we saw when we got there were these crumbly rocks that look like they were cemented together we took a closer look and we saw that those cemented rocks were actually rounded how
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This Plant Traps its...
grace with no moving plant parts involved in the kill it's the incredibly slippery surface of the rim and the inner walls of the plant which cause prey to fall in crumbly wax crystals on the plant's surface increase the chances that
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Climbing Angel Falls,...
FEDERICO Where the rock is being more exposed to the water, the rock, it's crumbly. It's very sandy, so I'm going to put one protection here. Wanna be really careful in this.
Video examples
How to defend Earth from...
okay this did a huge amount of damage and again this was a rock probably roughly the size of this auditorium that were sitting in in meteor crater it was made of metal and metal is much tougher so it made it to the ground the one over Tunguska was probably made of rock and that's much more crumbly so it blew up
Video examples
Phil Plait: How to...
and that's much more crumbly, so it blew up in the air. Either way, these are tremendous explosions -- 20 megatons. Now, when these things blow up, they're not going to do global ecological damage. They're not going to do something like the dinosaur killer did. They're just not big enough.
Video examples
What rocks on Mars can...
delivered us to the surface blew away the dust so we went to the the one over to the left and what we saw when we got there were these crumbly rocks that look like they were cemented together we took a closer look and we saw that those cemented rocks were actually rounded how
Video examples
This Plant Traps its...
grace with no moving plant parts involved in the kill it's the incredibly slippery surface of the rim and the inner walls of the plant which cause prey to fall in crumbly wax crystals on the plant's surface increase the chances that
Video examples
Climbing Angel Falls,...
FEDERICO Where the rock is being more exposed to the water, the rock, it's crumbly. It's very sandy, so I'm going to put one protection here. Wanna be really careful in this.
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Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
So in order to make a large volume of sausage, you need to have a dedicated refrigerated room, where you can grind and mix and stuff and everything, because if sausage mixture gets too warm while you're forming it, it doesn't bind properly, and your sausages end up crumbly and dry.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Replacing white flour with whole wheat generally makes baked goods denser, drier, and more crumbly because the germ and bran in whole wheat absorbs more water.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
Friable isn't often used of food, yet its meaning lends itself perfectly to pastry and crumbly biscuits.
Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
So in order to make a large volume of sausage, you need to have a dedicated refrigerated room, where you can grind and mix and stuff and everything, because if sausage mixture gets too warm while you're forming it, it doesn't bind properly, and your sausages end up crumbly and dry.
Quote examples
Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Replacing white flour with whole wheat generally makes baked goods denser, drier, and more crumbly because the germ and bran in whole wheat absorbs more water.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
Friable isn't often used of food, yet its meaning lends itself perfectly to pastry and crumbly biscuits.
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