crumbling

English

Verb

crumbling

  1. present participle of crumble

Noun

crumbling (plural crumblings)

  1. 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 […]
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