Meaning
- (verb) To fall apart; to disintegrate. “The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.”
- (verb) To break into crumbs. “We crumbled some bread into the water.”
- (verb) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs. “Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.”
- (noun) Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
Letter breakdown
- Crumbling contains 9 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
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- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with CRU
- crucial
- crucially
- crucible
- crucibles
- crucified
- crucifies
- crucifix
- crucifixes
- crucifixion
- crucifixions
- cruciform
- cruciforms
- crucify
- crucifying
- crud
- cruddier
- cruddiest
- cruddy
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Words ending with ING
Words from these letters
- crumbing
- rumbling
- curbing
- curling
- bluing
- cluing
- cubing
- curing
- lubing
- luring
- ruling
- bling
- bring
- bruin
- climb
- cling
- clung
- crumb
- cuing
- cumin
- incur
- ruing
- runic
- blur
- brig
- brim
- bung
- burg
- burn
- club
- crib
- curb
- curl
- girl
- glib
- glum
- grim
- grin
- grub
- limb
- limn
- lung
- mung
- numb
- ring
- ruin
- rung
- uric
- big
- bin
- bug
- bum
- bun
- bur
- cub
- cum
- cur
- gin
- gnu
Reader questions
What does Crumbling mean?
To fall apart; to disintegrate.
How many letters are in Crumbling?
Crumbling has 9 letters.
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