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crum·​pet | \ ˈkrəm-pət How to pronounce crumpet (audio) \

Definition of crumpet

: a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle and usually split and toasted before serving

Examples of crumpet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Golf croquet is a variation of the tea-and-crumpets variety of croquet. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "World champ croquet player shows up in Oakland. Mobs do not materialize," 20 Oct. 2019 Nearly four years after ending its six-season run, the show already feels like a relic of some kinder, gentler era of television; a warm PBS crumpet in a cold-donut world. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Downton Abbey delivers warm-crumpet comfort on the big screen," 10 Sep. 2019 With 2,700 pubs across Old Blighty, this 220-year-old brewery was as British as afternoon tea and crumpets. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Beer is apolitical. Brewers? Not so much," 22 Aug. 2019 American management scares the crumpets off UK fans, because the concept of big-time sports ownership doesn’t always translate across the pond. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "Stan Kroenke, Denver-based KSE accused by local Arsenal fans of “sucking the soul out of the club I love”," 16 July 2019 The only thing the celebration was missing might've been some birthday crumpets–Tuesday also marks Morgan's 30th birthday. — Emily Caron, SI.com, "Alex Morgan Sips Tea While Celebrating Goal vs. England," 2 July 2019 Three blocks north of Urban Gryo is the Indian café Lassi & Spice, which does samosas, chaat, crumpets and chutneys. — Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, "Bellevue lands a famous, big-name hot-pot spot and 42 other new openings around the Seattle area," 13 Feb. 2019 Meat supply chains have been disrupted and the baked-goods producer Warburtons, which uses CO2 to package its crumpets, announced that two of its four factories had temporarily stopped production. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Carbon Dioxide Shortage Is Threatening the U.K.’s Supply of Beer and Crumpets," 3 July 2018 Not even crumpets, the yeasty cakes that Brits eat for breakfast, are safe. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Carbon Dioxide Shortage Is Threatening the U.K.’s Supply of Beer and Crumpets," 3 July 2018

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First Known Use of crumpet

1638, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for crumpet

perhaps from Middle English crompid (cake) wafer, literally, curled-up cake, from crumped, past participle of crumpen to curl up, from crump, crumb crooked, from Old English crumb; akin to Old High German krump crooked

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21 Nov 2019

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“Crumpet.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crumpet. Accessed 11 December 2019.

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English Language Learners Definition of crumpet

British
: a small round bread that has a smooth bottom and holes in the top and that is eaten hot with butter
informal + sometimes offensive : a sexually attractive person

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