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breadcrumby

breadcrumby adjective: resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture.

Adjective

breadcrumby (comparative more breadcrumby, superlative most breadcrumby)

  1. Resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture.
    • Use the 'pulse' button to turn these ingredients into a coarse sort of breadcrumby, dry mixture.2005, Ben Canaider, Greg Duncan Powell, Cooking under the influence: food to drink to, page 70
  2. Scattered with breadcrumbs.
    • He changed into these in a dark breadcrumby cubbyhole at the rear of the shop.1968, Anthony Burgess, Enderby outside, page 99

Forms of breadcrumby

comparativemore breadcrumby
superlativemost breadcrumby

Origin of breadcrumby

From breadcrumb + -y.

Questions about breadcrumby

What does breadcrumby mean?
Breadcrumby means resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture.
What part of speech is breadcrumby?
Breadcrumby is an adjective.

Words near breadcrumby in the dictionary

  1. breadcrumbed up
  2. breadcrumbing
  3. breadcrumbing up
  4. breadcrumbs
  5. breadcrumbs up
  6. breadcrumby
  7. breadcrust
  8. breadcrust bomb
  9. breadcrust bombs
  10. breadcrusts
  11. breadcutter

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