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Meaning of CRUMBLY

Pronunciation:  'krumblee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies"
 
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 Synonyms: breakable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Crum"bly\ (-bl?), a.
EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. ``The crumbly soil.''
--Hawthorne.
 
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 Related Terms: breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, cheap-jack, cobwebby, crackable, crimp, crisp, crispy, crump, crushable, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, effeminate, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, gimcrack, gimcracky, gossamery, jerry, jerry-built, lacerable, light, lightweight, namby-pamby, papery, pasteboardy, pulverizable, pulverulent, puny, rubbery, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, sissified, sleazy, slight, splintery, tacky, triturable, unsubstantial, vulnerable, wispy, womanish
 

 

 

 

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