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Definition of Crumbliness
1. Noun. Excessive breakableness.
Definition of Crumbliness
1. Noun. The state of being crumbly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crumbliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crumbliness
Literary usage of Crumbliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters from England by Robert Southey (1814)
"renovated, never produces the same effect as the same building would do, with
the mellowed colouring, the dust, and the crumbliness of age. ..."
2. Animal Husbandry for Schools by Merritt Wesley Harper (1919)
"... (2) coarseness; (3) fiber content; (4) if ground feed, mix with water and note
crumbliness or stickiness, and (5) palata- bility. ..."
3. The Chemistry of Breadmaking by James Grant (1912)
"Great care ought to be exercised before scaling off to prevent ' over-fermentation,'
which is largely the cause of sourness and crumbliness in the finished ..."
4. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The ovens are heated by coke, coal, or gas, and the temperature is carefully
controlled to prevent burning and consequent crumbliness, or under-baking and ..."
5. The Beginner's Garden Book: A Textbook for the Upper Grammar Grades by Allen French (1922)
"... enjoying its mellow crumbliness, its odor, and the knowledge that the work is
good. So much for spading a garden of which the soil is satisfactory. ..."
6. Elementary Practical Metallurgy: Iron and Steel by Percy Longmuir (1905)
"This is supported by the fact that oxygenated steel is " dry" under the hammer,
and the crumbliness thus induced is not necessarily due to the presence of ..."
7. The "Queen" Cookery Books by S. Beaty-Pownall (1904)
"... gather to them any loose flour there' may be round them; as long as there is
the least crumbliness in the dough when pressed, more liquid is wanted. ..."
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