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Spell Bee Word: crumble


Basic Details

Word: Crumble

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To break, or make something break, into very small pieces; also to slowly fall apart or fail.

Synonyms: disintegrate, break up, collapse, fall apart

How to Spell Crumble

Syllables: crum - ble

Tricky part: It ends in ble, not bel or bal, and the b is single.

Watch out for: crumbel, crumbal, crumbble

Memory tip: A crumb is a tiny bit of bread. Start with crumb and finish with le, the same ending as table.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Dry biscuits crumble if you dip them in tea for too long.

Example 2: Crumble some paneer over the salad.

Example 3: The sandcastle began to crumble when the waves reached it.

Fun Fact

Old English had cruma for crumb. The b at the end of crumb was added much later, and crumble grew from crumb.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: crumble

a) disintegrate
b) strengthen
c) harden
d) gather

Show answer

a) disintegrate. Something that crumbles breaks into bits, which is what disintegrate means; strengthen and harden point the other way.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lebrumc

a) tumble
b) rumble
c) crumble
d) crumple

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c) crumble. Crumple needs a p and rumble has no c; only crumble uses c, r, u, m, b, l and e.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

After weeks of heavy monsoon rain, the old mud wall behind the cowshed started to crumbel.

a) monsoon
b) crumbel
c) heavy
d) cowshed

Show answer

b) crumbel. Crumble ends in le, like stumble and humble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is most likely to crumble?

a) a steel spoon
b) a rubber ball
c) a glass of water
d) a dry cake

Show answer

d) a dry cake

2. If a team's hopes crumble, they ____.

a) slowly fade away
b) come true
c) grow stronger
d) stay the same

Show answer

a) slowly fade away

Associated Words

deficientdisconnectsherifffingernailporridge
digestionnecessaryglarefareembarrassed

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