breadcrumby

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adjective

Resembling breadcrumbs, especially in texture.

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Meanings

adjectivebreadcrumby (comparative more breadcrumby, superlative most 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

Origin

From breadcrumb + -y.

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breadcrumby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadcrumby

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“breadcrumby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadcrumby. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breadcrumby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadcrumby.

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