crumble

IPA: krˈʌmbʌɫ

A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
A surname.

(intransitive, often figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
(transitive) To break into crumbs.
(transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

Examples of "crumble" in Sentences

They spit the crumbles out.
The people ate on the crumbles.
The walls of the plant crumbled.
Mice likes to eat cookie crumbles.
The perception of reality crumbles.
The crumble is my favourite part of the whole bar.
The barracks burned and the Nationalist defence crumbled.
The crumble is baked in an oven until the topping is crisp.
Bake in 350 F oven until crumble is golden, about 40 minutes.
The Janata coalition begin to crumble and the tribunals collapsed.
The butter in the crumble is cut in, not melted, making it very crumbly but surprisingly not dry.
Where the library brand begins to crumble is when people say that they use the library less [because] they like to locate information for themselves.
I repeat that I do not think that Hitler, when he gets the oil, will be victorious, because Germany will crumble from the inside, but I think they will try everything before they absolutely crash.
Watching Pakistan crumble from a pseudo-democracy into a despotic dictatorship rife with Islamic fundamentalist extremists who threaten the security of the Middle East and victory in Afghanistan is a huge issue.