Usually means: Navigation aid showing user's path.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word breadcrumb:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. breadcrumb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. breadcrumb: Collins English Dictionary
  3. breadcrumb: Vocabulary.com
  4. Breadcrumb, breadcrumb: Wordnik
  5. breadcrumb: Wiktionary
  6. breadcrumb: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. breadcrumb: Dictionary.com
  8. Breadcrumb (computing), Breadcrumb (disambiguation), Breadcrumb (navigation), Breadcrumb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. breadcrumb: Rhymezone
  10. breadcrumb: FreeDictionary.org
  11. breadcrumb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. breadcrumb: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. breadcrumb: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  14. breadcrumb: Merriam-Webster

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. breadcrumb: Netlingo
  2. breadcrumb: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. breadcrumb: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See breadcrumbing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (breadcrumb)

noun:  (chiefly in the plural) A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
noun:  (graphical user interface, chiefly in the plural) A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
noun:  (programming, chiefly in the plural) A fragment of data that serves to log the actions taken by a program, used in debugging.
noun:  (figuratively, in the plural) One in a series of clues leading to a person or place.
verb:  (transitive, cooking) To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
verb:  (graphical user interface, intransitive) To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
verb:  To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.

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