Noun

• S: (n) crunch (the sound of something crunching) "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
• S: (n) crunch (a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)) "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty) "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple"
• S: (n) crush, crunch, compaction (the act of crushing)

Verb

• S: (v) crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle (make a crushing noise) "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
• S: (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind (press or grind with a crushing noise)
• S: (v) crunch, munch (chew noisily) "The children crunched the celery sticks"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading) "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"