A high-grade steel, used in tools and dies, originally made by fusing wrought iron and charcoal in a crucible.

Alternative spelling of breadcrumb

An exclamation made before committing suicide, in speech, text, or in a suicide note. / (humorous) A call said before taking a stiff drink, especially a shot of vodka.

(Britain) A brief trip from Britain to France and/or Belgium in order to buy alcohol (or tobacco) in bulk quantities without paying excise duty.

(astronomy) The hypothetic eventual collapse of the universe that would occur if it did not continue to expand.

simple past tense and past participle of crumple

Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.

(uncountable) The state of being crude. / (countable) A crude act or characteristic. / (obsolete, medicine) Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.

(astronomy) A singularity at the centre of a black hole, or the final result of the Big Crunch.

In a crucial manner.