Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
- n. Internet See breadcrumbs.
- v. transitive (cooking) To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
WordNet 3.0
- n. crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
Examples
“Anyway, the trail is identified as the breadcrumb navigation in website design.”
“This interface is referred to as the breadcrumb bar, though I'm pretty sure there isn't a gingerbread house at the end with a witch living in it.”
“Typically, each element in the breadcrumb is a link, allowing the user to click to go”
“However, another feature of Lancelot is the so-called breadcrumb trail that appears below the search field, which enables you to always know your position in the menu hierarchy.”
“Avoid: • having a navigation based entirely on drop-down menus, images, or animations (many, but not all, search engines can discover such links on a site, but if a user can reach all pages on a site via normal text links, this will improve the accessibility of your site; more on how Google deals with non-text files) • Use \ "breadcrumb\" navigation - A breadcrumb is a row of internal links at the top or bottom of the page that allows visitors to quickly navigate back to a previous section or the root page.”
“I rub in using my fingertips, and stop rubbing when I get to the 'breadcrumb' stage.”
“As of this writing, the only "breadcrumb" quest for Mt Hyjal is in Moonglade, so I am starting the guide from there.”
“Another caveat worth mentioning is that most websites get around this problem by simply having the page itself display where the user is (the "breadcrumb").”
“Progress message mode lets others view a virtual "breadcrumb" trail of their location on the water.”
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“Toggling between Web and device search results is made possible by clicking a "breadcrumb" link that appears in the search box.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘breadcrumb’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Computers changed everything
Words that were well established before they gained special use in computing systems.
server, protocol, interface, bug, spam, virus, mouse, program, hack, chip, drive, window and 61 more...
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Words I like
This is a list of my favourite words (phrases) in english, as a second language. I love them mostly because of how they sound and their meaning.
ninja, cookie, skill, zip, plentiful, digg, debris, pancake, cucumber, fetch, pot, backpack and 461 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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Stuff It
Types of stuffing, edible or not.
salpicon, farce, farcemeat, forcemeat, farsure, oyster dressing, oyster stuffing, dressing, farcing, sashoon, bombace, padding and 12 more...
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web-related words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for breadcrumb.
sionnach Q. How did the leather-eared bandicoot get to the top of the tree?
A. By performing a bilbyclimb.
Q. How do you control mosquitoes, flies, wasps, ants, fleas, cockroaches, silverfish, ticks and other pests in homes, industrial plants, and food storage sites?
A. With bendiocarb.
Q. What does an Irishman call butterbur?
A. Bogrhubarb Dec 6, 2008
bilby Can anybody determine from all this whether sionnach likes a challenge? Dec 6, 2008
sionnach Q: What is located in the Chamber of Mazarbul?
A: balinstomb
Q: What instrument is indispensable to a hairstylist applying 'highlights' to a customer's hair?
A: A bleachcomb.
Q: You are wearing your snazziest new mohair trousers on your blind date. To make sure they look their best, you spiff them up in the men's room before going to meet your date. What implement do you use?
A: A britchcomb? Or possibly a breechcomb.
qroqqa was quite accurate in an earlier post. But instead of a boring old butterslab, why not try a festive butterlamb instead?
More butterlambs here Dec 6, 2008
sionnach And a passionate hymn in honor of Dionysus or
a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing, sung or composed by a cockroach would be a bdithyramb. Dec 6, 2008
sionnach A sacrifice of 200 oxen would be a bihecatomb. Dec 6, 2008
mollusque How about Ballydehob, Ireland?
Or beelzeburb, one of these housing developments where all the streets look alike. Dec 5, 2008
chained_bear Anything that's "similar to a MILF, but without the wanting to have sex with them part" must be ... hmm... a mother? Christ, sometimes I hate Urban Dictionary. Dec 5, 2008
qroqqa The buttercomb is used to mix in flavourings like balderherb on your butterslab. When done, keep it in a safe place like a basketcrib to protect it from beetlegrub. Dec 5, 2008
sionnach I thought every kitchen came equipped with a buttercomb these days.
Then there is the word for someone who kills any plant, merely on entering the room- a blackthumb.
Or what Tiffany hoped to attain after her operation - a set of bouncyboobs. Dec 5, 2008
qroqqa Or a butterbomb:
An older, heavy-set woman. Very similar to a MILF, but without the wanting to have sex with them part. Can be any chunky woman, but usually reserved for fat blondes.—Urban Dictionary
Dec 5, 2008
qroqqa We're not counting the fictional battlecrab then? Dec 5, 2008
kewpid but then the first b will look like a d :P Dec 5, 2008
bilby How about beleagured, viewed in a mirror? Dec 5, 2008
kewpid The only 10 letter word that begins and ends with the letter ‘b’. Dec 5, 2008