crumbling meaning: definition, quotations

crumbling

adj

/ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/ · /ˈkɹʌmbl̩ɪŋ/

That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.

Figuratively In a state of decline.

noun

Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.

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[…]1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:

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