'Crumbly' definitions:
Definition of 'crumbly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies" [syn: crumbly, friable]
Definition of 'Crumbly'
From: GCIDE
- Crumbly \Crum"bly\ (-bl[y^]), a. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." --Hawthorne.
- Syn: crimp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crumbly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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