crumbliness
Breaks apart easily
Crumbliness is the quality of breaking apart easily into small fragments.
Dry soil has crumbliness; so does aged cheese or a well-made scone.
The word describes texture—how readily something disintegrates under light pressure: The crumbliness of the shortbread made it melt in your mouth.
Readily reduced to fragments
- granularMade of tiny particles
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- powderyReduced to fine particles
- grittyCoarse or courageous
sandy · brittle · coarse · porous · loose · pulverulent · mealy · grainy
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- breakableCapable of shattering
- frangibleCapable of being broken
vulnerable · weak · tender · frail · flimsy · insubstantial · crackable · splintery
Buttery, crumbly biscuit
- fetaBrined Greek cheese
- crackersCrispy flat biscuits
- cornbreadQuick bread from maize
- streuselCrumbly baked pastry layer
parmesan · biscotti · scones · churros · pastry · cookies · pie crust · halva
Process of breaking apart
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
weathering · degradation · corrosion · oxidation · rot · spoilage · perishability · biodegradation
friable
Readily reduced to fragments
gritty · sandy · brittle · coarse · porous · loose · pulverulent · mealy · grainy · lumpy
brittle
Liable to shatter
frangible · vulnerable · weak · tender · frail · flimsy · insubstantial · crackable · splintery · shatterable
shortbread
Buttery, crumbly biscuit
streusel · parmesan · biscotti · scones · churros · pastry · cookies · pie crust · halva · filo
disintegration
Process of breaking apart
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
breakdown · weathering · degradation · corrosion · oxidation · rot · spoilage · perishability · biodegradation · wear
sandstone
Cemented grain sediment
pumice · tufa · marl · loess · sediment · talc · kaolin · clay · bedrock · erosion
crumblinesssolidity
Firmness of structure
cohesion · firmness · compactness · integrity · sturdiness
crumblinesselasticity
Tendency to resume original form
chewiness · pliability · flexibility · suppleness · rubberiness
crumb, crumble, crumbling, crumbly, crumbled, crumbles, uncrumbled