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- Dictionarycrumb/krʌm/
noun
- 1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit: "she brushed some cake crumbs off her dress"
- 2. a very small amount of something: "the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort"
verb
- 1. cover (food) with breadcrumbs: "while the sweet potato is cooking, crumb the fish"
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CRUMB definition: 1. a very small piece of bread, cake, or biscuit 2. a small amount of something: 3. a very small…. Learn more.
How to use crumb in a sentence. a small fragment especially of something baked (such as bread); a porous aggregate of soil particles; bit… See the full definition
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.
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.
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 /
n. 1. A very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread. 2. A small fragment, scrap, or portion: eraser crumbs; not a crumb of kindness for you. 3. The soft inner portion of bread. 4. Slang A contemptible, untrustworthy, or loathsome person. v. crumbed, crumb·ing, crumbs. v.tr. 1.
Crumb definition: A very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread.
Crumb definition, a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off. See more.
a tiny fragment or bit of anything. He gave her only a crumb of his affection. synonyms: bit, fragment, iota, jot, particle, scrap, shred, snippet, speck, touch, trace. similar words: dab, fritter, morsel, nibble, nip, piece, pinch, snatch, trifle, whit. definition 3: (slang) a petty or despicable person.
CRUMB definition: 1. a very small piece of bread, cake, etc 2. a very small amount of something. Learn more.
