English

Sense 1. Tiny pieces of bread.

Sense 2. A trail of hyperlinks, displayed as a guide to make navigating easier.

Alternative forms

• bread crumb

Noun

breadcrumb ‎(plural breadcrumbs)

1. (chiefly 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.
2. (Internet) singular of breadcrumbs

Synonyms

• (tiny piece of bread): crumb

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Verb

breadcrumb ‎(third-person singular simple present breadcrumbs, present participle breadcrumbing, simple past and past participle breadcrumbed)

1. (transitive, cooking) To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.

Synonyms

• bread
• crumb

Derived terms

• breadcrumbed
• breadcrumbing

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