breadcrumbs
breadcrumbs Lexical Profile
breadcrumbs Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Tiny particles of dried or fresh bread used in cooking for coating foods before frying, topping casseroles, or binding meat mixtures.
"She dipped the chicken cutlets in beaten egg and rolled them in seasoned breadcrumbs before baking."
A graphical navigation aid on a website or user interface that displays a trail of links showing the user's current location within the site hierarchy.
"Adding breadcrumbs at the top of each product page helped visitors easily navigate back to the main category."
A series of small clues, hints, or traces left behind that allow someone to follow a path or reconstruct a sequence of events.
"The forensic investigators followed the digital breadcrumbs left across several encrypted servers."
• verb
To coat or sprinkle food with small particles of bread before cooking.
"He lightly breadcrumbed the fish fillets before pan-frying them in butter."
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Word Origin & Etymology
A transparent compound formed from 'bread' and 'crumb' (both of Old English origin). The computing navigation sense alludes to the German fairy tale 'Hansel and Gretel', in which the children drop crumbs of bread along a forest path to find their way back home.