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crumbly
adjective as in brittle
Example Sentences
"It was a bit damp and there was all this crumbly plaster and stuff in there - then my hand stumbled on this solid object and I pulled out this glass bottle."
Some storms are warm and wet, like frosting; others are cold and dry, like crumbly pastry.
Instead of going for drinks at a fancy London bar and getting a black cab home, we often split a bottle of cheap Tesco wine at one of our crammed and crumbly flats.
The bread was thin and appropriately crumbly, the pate a nice thick schmear and the jalapeño provided quite a kick.
All-rounder Stokes added: "It looked green and grassy up in the changing rooms, but then you go out there it looked different: very dark and crumbly and quite a few cracks in it."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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