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Definition of Breadcrumb
1. Noun. Crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening.
Definition of Breadcrumb
1. Noun. (''used mainly in the plural'') A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. ¹
2. Noun. (Internet) See breadcrumbs. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) (cooking) To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breadcrumb
Literary usage of Breadcrumb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"... takes his tail in his mouth to symbolize eternity, and then, after a dainty
roll in egg, fine breadcrumb and flour, disports himself in the frying-pan. ..."
2. Getting Started with the SAS Power and Sample Size Application by Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"Navigation Bar breadcrumb Trail Sometimes a breadcrumb trail is present in ...
A breadcrumb trail is a list of navigation links of the pages that you have ..."
3. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"Half a pint of new milk, a quarter of a pound breadcrumb, two egcs, ... Boil the
milk and pour it over the breadcrumb, and let them soak for half an hour. ..."
4. Vegetables by S. Beaty-Pownall (1902)
"Other cooks keep them ball- shaped, making them originally about the size of a
chestnut, and then egg and breadcrumb them, and fry them in plenty of hot fat ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1822)
"... local bleeding only so far as not to weaken the general powers of the patient,
and to keep the parts constantly enveloped in the breadcrumb poultice. ..."
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