Definitions
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- noun The state of being
crumbly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun excessive breakableness
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Examples
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The cake flour lends the expected soft texture of the traditional cookies, while the finely crushed cornflakes add an unusual crumbliness.
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The flakiness of a well-made butter crust would have a little bit of the flakiness of a croissant, rather than just the crumbliness of a shortbread cookie.
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And of course, mere hours after writing that fateful phrase, I was sweeping up a bit here and there and noticed a bit of crumbliness and onionskin on a counter beside the spare cat dishes.
Oh, Right kittenpie 2006
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And of course, mere hours after writing that fateful phrase, I was sweeping up a bit here and there and noticed a bit of crumbliness and onionskin on a counter beside the spare cat dishes.
Archive 2006-06-01 kittenpie 2006
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It is my theory that the peanut butter acts sort of like shortening but without actually giving it a peanut buttery flavor and certainly not the crumbliness I associate with an out-and-out peanut butter cookie.
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When I got home and tasted it, I noticed less sharpness than other gruyeres, and less of that crispy, crunchety crumbliness that others tend to have.
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It is my theory that the peanut butter acts sort of like shortening but without actually giving it a peanut buttery flavor and certainly not the crumbliness I associate with an out-and-out peanut butter cookie.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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You really captured the crumbliness very well -- blueberries and carbs were meant to go together :D.
In Season: Blueberry Crumb Cake Mandy 2008
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I had no problems with crumbliness – over here butter gets to room temperature 30 degrees centigrade very quickly – and I popped them into the freezer for one hour instead of refridgerating for 3 as it was 10.30pm and my husband HAD to have one before he went to sleep.
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I had no problem with the crumbliness while making the logs, but the discs did break a lot of times while slicing.
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