crumb grinder
- noun
- /krʌm ˈɡraɪndər/
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molinillo de migas
- The chef preferred to use a manual crumb grinder to prepare breadcrumbs for his recipes.
Examples
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We bought a new crumb grinder to make preparing homemade stuffing easier.
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The crumb grinder is essential for making homemade breadcrumbs.
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After years as a crumb grinder, she knew all the secrets to making the fluffiest breadcrumbs.
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Can you pass me the crumb grinder?
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The chef preferred to use a manual crumb grinder to prepare breadcrumbs for his recipes.
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We bought a new crumb grinder to make preparing homemade stuffing easier.
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After years as a crumb grinder, she knew all the secrets to making the fluffiest breadcrumbs.
Synonyms
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A machine that crushes materials, for example coffee beans
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Morphology
The noun–noun compound directly combines 'crumb' (small fragment of bread) with 'grinder' (a person or machine that grinds), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a device or person that grinds crumbs or produces breadcrumbs. This is a productive, compositional pattern common across languages, with only minor ambiguity about exact directionality but no loss of basic comprehensibility.
Etymology
Crumb grinder comes from a simple kitchen picture of a person or machine that grinds bread into tiny pieces. The word crumb is the small bits and the grinder is what makes them, so the name means 'a person or device that makes breadcrumbs'.