verb
- present participle of crumb; coating food with breadcrumbs
Usage: culinary
Examples
- She is crumbing the chicken cutlets before frying them.
- The chef spent the morning crumbing various vegetables for the tempura.
- After crumbing the fish fillets, he placed them in the refrigerator.
- The recipe calls for crumbing the eggplant slices with seasoned breadcrumbs.
- They were crumbing the pork chops when the dinner guests arrived.