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Webster 1828 Edition

Crumbling

CRUMBLING

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ppr.

Breaking into small fragments; falling into small pieces; decaying.

Definition 2025

crumbling

crumbling

English

Verb

crumbling

present participle of crumble

Noun

crumbling ‎(plural crumblings)

Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
- Henry James, The Aspern Papers
  Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time […]