Food texture · Food and eating
crumbly
breaks into crumbs
Crumbly food breaks into small dry pieces when you touch or eat it.
This vs that
The biscuit is crumbly.
The pastry is flaky.
Hear it in real life
Is the cheese soft?
Not exactly. It's quite crumbly and dry.
The shortbread was buttery and crumbly, so I had to eat it over a plate.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The short adjective is what people naturally use when talking about food texture.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The biscuit is very crumb.
Say: The biscuit is very crumbly.
Use the adjective 'crumbly' to describe the texture.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
crumblynoun; food is crumbly
Food texture words
Food and eating · Food texture: the words around “crumbly”.
Your turn: say it out loud
It's really crumbly.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
crumbly
breaks into crumbs
“The shortbread was buttery and crumbly, so I had to eat it over a plate.”
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