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crumb
[kruhm]
noun
a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.
a small particle or portion of anything; fragment; bit.
Synonyms: , , , ,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.
Slang.a contemptibly objectionable or worthless person.
verb (used with object)
Cooking.to dress or prepare with crumbs.
to break into crumbs or small fragments.
to remove crumbs from.
The waiter crumbed the table.
crumb
/ ʌ /
noun
a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods
a small piece or bit
crumbs of information
the soft inner part of bread
slanga contemptible person
verb
(tr) to prepare or cover (food) with breadcrumbs
to break into small fragments
adjective
(esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- crumbable adjective
- crumber noun
- decrumb verb (used with object)
- ˈܳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crumb1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crumb1
Example Sentences
"The pie is small and the crumbs left for dads and non-birthing parents are honestly pretty pitiful," he said.
Toss it with fresh lobster chunks, enrobe cutlets with hollandaise and bread crumbs before frying, or make the most luscious broiled oysters you've ever had.
When you subsist on crumbs for long enough, you learn to make a meal out of them.
A stray orange cat; a séance in a hostel; a “nearsighted galoot” who decodes cryptic messages from Radio Pyongyang; flashlights that aren’t just flashlights — these bread crumbs guide us to the novel’s denouement.
Director John Dursee would remind me to brush the doughnut crumbs off my lapel and I stayed messy.
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