Associations to the word «Crumble»

Wiktionary

CRUMBLE, verb. To fall apart; to disintegrate.
CRUMBLE, verb. To render into crumbs.
CRUMBLE, noun. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

Dictionary definition

CRUMBLE, verb. Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down".
CRUMBLE, verb. Break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling".
CRUMBLE, verb. Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats