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# breadcrumb

noun (a breadcrumb, breadcrumbs)

«breadcrumb» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tiny piece of bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#m1)
2. Breadcrumbs (plural): very small bits of dried bread used for coating food like fish or chicken before frying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#m2)
3. (computing) A breadcrumb trail: a line of links at the top of a website showing where you are, like Home \> Science \> Plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, Hansel and Gretel leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home, but birds eat them. In cooking, food is coated in breadcrumbs. In computing lessons, breadcrumbs help you find your way on a website. Phrases: a trail of breadcrumbs, coated in breadcrumbs.

### Examples

- Hansel dropped breadcrumbs to mark the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x1)
- The birds ate all the breadcrumbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x2)
- Dip the fish in egg and then in breadcrumbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x3)
- There were breadcrumbs all over the table after breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x4)
- The website's breadcrumbs showed Home \> Games \> Puzzles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x5)
- We fed breadcrumbs to the ducks, but oats are better for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x6)
- Gangazara sat in the dark cellar, without the sun's light falling upon him, and feasted upon the breadcrumbs and sweetmeats that the rats so kindly supplied him with. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/#x7)

### Note

Countable, usually plural (breadcrumbs). Bread itself is uncountable. Feeding a lot of bread to ducks is bad for them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «breadcrumb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breadcrumb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«breadcrumb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/breadcrumb.html) on Mova free.