breadcrumb

Meanings

Plural: breadcrumbs

Noun

• crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
• A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
• A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
• A fragment of data that serves to log the actions taken by a program, used in debugging.
• One in a series of clues leading to a person or place.

Verb

• To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
• To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
• To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.

Synonyms

crumb

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