noun
definition
A decrepit old person.
adjective
definition
Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable.
Examples of crumbly in a Sentence
When dry and in a crumbly state it is harrowed and spread and finally ploughed in and mixed with the soil.
Feel free to add a little more flour if the dough feels too sticky, or add a little more water if the dough is too crumbly.
You definitely don't want to overmix the dough or it will end up crumbly.
If the mixture is too crumbly to form balls, then add a little more melted butter.
Lentils can be dry, however, so make sure you add some liquid and an egg substitute to lentil burgers to avoid them being crumbly.
When your compost is black and earthy-smelling, with a soft, crumbly texture, it's ready to use.
Ideal earth should have a nice, crumbly feel with a chocolate color.
Bat droppings are similar to small mammals but on closer inspection are very crumbly due to the insect contents.
You know you have finished compost when it is dark in color, crumbly but not powdered and smells earthy.
Both have a slightly crumbly and silky texture and both have a wonderfully full-bodied, fresh flavor.
The Hightown wicket will never be considered as a batting paradise as its dry, crumbly surface makes strokeplay rather haphazard.
Eat them with the casserole, mashing the floury, crumbly spuds into the sauce from the casserole with your fork.
The paste is yellow, stippled with blue and with a crumbly texture.
Dry soil means that the entire soil feels dry and crumbly to the touch.
Finished compost is dark and crumbly with a pleasant earthy smell.
The soil needs to be crumbly and free of hard clumps or rocks.
A crumbly cheese will go best with a full bodied wine.
She does a sort of Shortening, which in culinary terms means making the pastry crumbly to create a nicer effect on the palate.
The wall has then been filled with what looks like more lime mortar and again is quite crumbly.
At certain times of year the paste becomes firmer and slightly crumbly.
The ascent of the Wrekin, along the main track, initially found dark fine-grained dolerites, which were very weathered and somewhat crumbly.
Other cheeses can be frozen but on defrosting they may become rather crumbly.
Nails may look thickened and yellow, whitish and crumbly, or a combination of these.
Your compost is ready when it is brown and crumbly with an earthy aroma.
While breads and cakes require a certain elasticity that is hard to duplicate without wheat, pie crust can be crumbly and flaky and still absolutely delicious.
It is this power of creating a more crumbly tilth on stiff clays that makes lime so valuable to the farmer.