: a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle and usually split and toasted before serving
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It’s served at English tea services alongside scones, crumpets, gingersnaps and more.
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Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
The boat is as dry and yellow as a crumpet, but the paint elsewhere runs in long tendrils, or swirls into the swampy alluvial ground.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Grab your tea and crumpets, Putnuts.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Ranking rationale: Oscars equivalent for the tea-and-crumpet crowd.
—Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
While the crumpet-laden experience was a pop-up, the splendor will become a permanent fixture after the ongoing lobby renovation is complete.
—Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022
Try making your own with this crumpet recipe from our sister site Food & Wine.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
At the time, this creation was essentially a variation on a crumpet, a common English pastry that has earned its own status stateside.
—Sara Tane, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2021
The Mix and Match Bakery Gift has scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a savory item inside a basket that will be wrapped and sent to Mom.
—oregonlive, 7 May 2020
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Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
The boat is as dry and yellow as a crumpet, but the paint elsewhere runs in long tendrils, or swirls into the swampy alluvial ground.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Grab your tea and crumpets, Putnuts.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
Ranking rationale: Oscars equivalent for the tea-and-crumpet crowd.
—Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
While the crumpet-laden experience was a pop-up, the splendor will become a permanent fixture after the ongoing lobby renovation is complete.
—Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2022
Try making your own with this crumpet recipe from our sister site Food & Wine.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2021
At the time, this creation was essentially a variation on a crumpet, a common English pastry that has earned its own status stateside.
—Sara Tane, Good Housekeeping, 15 Mar. 2021
The Mix and Match Bakery Gift has scones, Belgian waffles, tea bread, English muffin breads, sweet rolls, crumpets and English muffins as well as a savory item inside a basket that will be wrapped and sent to Mom.
—oregonlive, 7 May 2020
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“Crumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crumpet. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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crumpet
noun
crum·pet
ˈkrəm-pət 
: a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle
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