bread crumb

A form of breadcrumb — A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.

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Meanings

nounbread crumb (plural bread crumbs)

plural bread crumbs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of breadcrumb.
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    Before he died, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the hermit-like, socially maladjusted tech genius who created The Oasis, hid an Easter egg somewhere in the circuitry, scattering bread crumbs that lead to its location. Find the egg, and the mogul’s fortune—along with total control of his digital fiefdom—is yours. It’s the ultimate capitalist scavenger hunt!

    2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018
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APA

bread crumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20crumb

MLA

“bread crumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20crumb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bread crumb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20crumb.

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