| NOUN | event | crunch | the sound of something crunching |
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| state | crunch | a critical situation that arises because of a shortage / shortage (as a shortage / shortage of time or money or resources) | |
| act | crunch, crush, compaction | the act of crushing | |
| VERB | communication | crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle | make a crushing noise |
| contact | crunch, cranch, craunch, grind | press or grind with a crushing noise | |
| consumption | crunch, munch | chew noisily | |
| change | crunch, grind, mash, bray, comminute | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
| Sounds | krah'nch | |
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| Rhymes | brunch ... scrunch: 10 rhymes with ahnch... | |
| Meaning | The sound of something crunching. | |
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| Example | "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Verbs | crunch | make a crushing noise |
| Meaning | A critical situation that arises because of a shortage / shortage (as a shortage / shortage of time or money or resources). | |
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| Broader | situation | A complex or critical or unusual difficulty |
| Meaning | The act of crushing. | |
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| Synonyms | crush, compaction | |
| Narrower | grind, mill, pulverization, pulverisation | The act of grinding to a powder or dust |
| Broader | compression, compressing | applying pressure |
| Spanish | crujido | |
| Catalan | cruixit | |
| Verbs | crunch | reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
| Meaning | Make a crushing noise. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" | |
| Synonyms | scranch, scraunch, crackle | |
| Narrower | crump, thud, scrunch | make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Spanish | chasquear, chirriar, crepitar, crujir, rechinar | |
| Catalan | carrisquejar, crepitar, cruixir, esclafir, espetegar | |
| Nouns | crunch | the sound of something crunching |
| Meaning | Press or grind with a crushing noise. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | cranch, craunch, grind | |
| Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| Spanish | moler, triturar | |
| Catalan | triturar | |
| Meaning | chew noisily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The children crunched the celery sticks" | |
| Synonym | munch | |
| Broader | chew, masticate, manducate, jaw | chew (food) |
| Spanish | curruscar, masticar ruidosamente, ronchar, ronzar | |
| Catalan | brostejar, fer cruixir | |
| Meaning | Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | grind, mash, bray, comminute | |
| Narrower | mill | grind with a mill |
| pestle | grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar | |
| pulp | Reduce to pulp | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | aplastar, dilacerar, machacar, majar, moler, picar | |
| Catalan | capolar, moldre, molinar, picolar, triturar | |
| Nouns | crunch | the act of crushing |
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