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Definitions for crumpet
ˈkrʌm pɪtcrum·pet

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crumpetnoun

    a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle

Wiktionary

  1. crumpetnoun

    A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.

  2. crumpetnoun

    A person (or, collectively, persons) considered sexually desirable.

  3. Etymology: 17th century, either from crompid cake, from crompid, form of crumpen; cognate to crumpled. Alternate etymology is from ; compare Breton krampoez.

Wikipedia

  1. Crumpet

    A crumpet ( (listen)) is a small griddle bread made from an unsweetened batter of water or milk, flour, and yeast, popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. Crumpets are regionally known as pikelets, a name also applied to a thinner, more pancake-like griddle bread; a type of the latter is referred to as a crumpet in Scotland.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crumpetnoun

    a kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider

  2. Etymology: [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.]

Wikidata

  1. Crumpet

    A crumpet is a griddle cake made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of crumpet in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of crumpet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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