breadcrumb
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
- (GUI) A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
Etymology
Compound from English bread (breadth, braid, broadness) + English crumb.
Origin
English
crumb
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- French bread English
- ash bread English
- beebread English
- bread English
- breadbasket English
- breadboard English
- breadbox English
- breadcake English
- breadcorn English
- breadcraft English
- breadcrumby English
- breadcrust English
- breadcutter English
- breaden English
- breader English
- breadfruit English
- breadhead English
- breadkind English
- breadless English
- breadlike English
- breadline English
- breadmaker English
- breadmaking English
- breadman English
- breadnut English
- breadroom English
- breadroot English
- breadstick English
- breadstuff English
- breadwinner English
- breadwinning English
- bready English
- cakecrumb English
- clapbread English
- crackerbread English
- crispbread English
- crumb English
- crumbcloth English
- crumber English
- crumble English
- crumbless English
- crumblet English
- crumblike English
- decrumb English
- flatbread English
- frybread English
- gingerbread English
- gutbread English
- laverbread English
- nonbread English
- oatbread English
- quick bread English
- shewbread English
- shortbread English
- showbread English
- spoonbread English
- sweetbread English
- swinebread English
- to-bread English
- toastcrumb English
- waybread English
- wheat bread English
- Brot German
- brood Dutch, Flemish
- bred Middle English
- crome Middle English
- būreej Marshallese
- bret Tok Pisin
- brede Sranan Tongo
- burẹdi Yoruba
- bred Bislama
- bareed Fiji Hindi
- crumb
- bread
- bready
- decrumb
- crumble
- breaden
- breader
- crumber
- breadnut
- beebread
- frybread
- waybread
- gutbread
- nonbread
- to-bread
- oatbread
- crumblet
- breadman
- breadbox
- breadcake
- breadhead
- crumblike
- cakecrumb
- ash bread
- shewbread
- breadlike
- clapbread
- breadline
- breadless
- breadkind
- breadcorn
- breadroot
- breadroom
- crumbless
- showbread
- flatbread
- shortbread
- breadmaker
- crumbcloth
- sweetbread
- laverbread
- swinebread
- breadcrust
- toastcrumb
- breadstuff
- crispbread
- breadfruit
- spoonbread
- breadboard
- breadcraft
- breadstick
- wheat bread
- breadcutter
- breadbasket
- gingerbread
- breadcrumby
- quick bread
- breadmaking
- breadwinner
- crackerbread
- French bread
- breadwinning