Meaning & use
Breadcrumbs
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Small fragments of dried or fresh bread, often used to coat or bind food before cooking.
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She rolled the chicken cutlets in seasoned breadcrumbs before frying them.
He sprinkled buttered breadcrumbs over the casserole before baking it.
A note on using this word
In web design, "breadcrumbs" also describes a navigation aid showing a user's path through a site, a metaphor borrowed from the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel."
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2. noun
A navigational aid, typically a row of links, that shows a user's location within a website or app's hierarchy.
Clicking the breadcrumbs took her back to the homepage.
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