breadcrumb

Everyday

1. A tiny piece of bread. tree →
2. Breadcrumbs (plural): very small bits of dried bread used for coating food like fish or chicken before frying. tree →
3. (computing) A breadcrumb trail: a line of links at the top of a website showing where you are, like Home > Science > Plants. tree →

In the lessons

In stories, Hansel and Gretel leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home, but birds eat them. In cooking, food is coated in breadcrumbs. In computing lessons, breadcrumbs help you find your way on a website. Phrases: a trail of breadcrumbs, coated in breadcrumbs.

Examples

• Hansel dropped breadcrumbs to mark the path. tree →
• The birds ate all the breadcrumbs. tree →
• Dip the fish in egg and then in breadcrumbs. tree →
• There were breadcrumbs all over the table after breakfast. tree →
• The website's breadcrumbs showed Home > Games > Puzzles. tree →
• We fed breadcrumbs to the ducks, but oats are better for them. tree →
• Gangazara sat in the dark cellar, without the sun's light falling upon him, and feasted upon the breadcrumbs and sweetmeats that the rats so kindly supplied him with. tree →

Note

Countable, usually plural (breadcrumbs). Bread itself is uncountable. Feeding a lot of bread to ducks is bad for them.