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   crumb

   /krʌm/

   noun

   • 1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit: "she brushed some cake crumbs off her dress"
   • ▪ the soft inner part of a loaf of bread: "a morsel of crumb will often tempt a chub"
   • 2. a very small amount of something: "the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort"
   • ▪ an unfair and inadequate share of something large: "a multi-billion dollar franchise and the family of the creator doesn't even get crumbs from the table"
   • 3. an objectionable or contemptible person: informal, derogatory North American "he's an absolute crumb"
   • 4. granulated rubber, usually made from recycled car tyres.

   verb

   • 1. cover (food) with breadcrumbs: "while the sweet potato is cooking, crumb the fish"

   Word Origin Old Englishcruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th century, perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.

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   What is a crumbs of information?

   • A crumb of something, for example information, is a very small amount of it. The government were able to draw a few crumbs of comfort from today's unemployment figures. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 6. 7. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4.

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   What does crumbs mean in a sentence?

   • A crumb is a small fragment or particle of anything, but it often refers to bread or cake. A corresponding adjective would mean full of crumbs. Is that what crummy means?

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   What is the slang meaning of Crumb?

   • The slang meaning "shoddy, filthy, inferior, poorly made" for the word crumb was in use by 1859. This meaning might have been influenced by the term crumb in its earlier sense of "louse." The "like bread" sense, which refers to a woman being attractively plump or full-figured, emerged in the 1800s. (and later in dialects) Related: Crummily; crumminess. Crumb (n.)

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   What is the root word of 'Crumb'?

   • The Old English root is cruma, "crumb," and it's thought that the silent b was influenced by words like dumb. "Crumb."

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   Crumb is a noun that means a very small piece of bread, cake, or biscuit, or a small amount of something. Learn how to use crumb in sentences and see synonyms, related words, and translations.

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     CRUMB meaning: 1. a very small piece of bread, cake, or...

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     CRUMB definicja: 1. a very small piece of bread, cake, or...

   • Crumb: Arabic Translation

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   • Crumb Spanish Translation

     CRUMB translate: miga, una pizca de algo, miga [feminine]....

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     CRUMB translate: 부스러기. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     CRUMB translate: 麵包屑;糕餅渣, 少許，點滴. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Crumb: French Translation

     CRUMB translate: miette [feminine], miette. Learn more in...

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     CRUMB translate: 面包屑;糕饼渣, 少许，点滴. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Crumbs are what you're left with after finishing a box of cookies or a bag of tortilla chips — the bits that are too small to eat. You can also talk about other, non-edible types of crumbs, like the crumb of wisdom in an otherwise silly movie or the crumb of information a detective finds at a crime scene.

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   Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut or eat them. I stood up, brushing crumbs from my trousers. American English : crumb / ˈkrʌm /

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   a small particle or portion of anything; fragment; bit. Synonyms: speck, sliver, morsel, shred, scrap. the soft inner portion of a bread ( crust). crumbs, a cake topping made of sugar, flour, butter, and spice, usually crumbled on top of the raw batter and baked with the cake.

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    A crumb is a very small piece of bread, cake, or other baked item, or a small fragment of anything. Learn how to use the word crumb in different contexts, such as cooking, slang, and idioms, with examples and synonyms.