Crumb

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread.
  • n. A small fragment, scrap, or portion: eraser crumbs; not a crumb of kindness for you.
  • n. The soft inner portion of bread.
  • n. Slang A contemptible, untrustworthy, or loathsome person.
  • v. To break into very small pieces; crumble.
  • v. To cover or prepare with very small pieces of bread.
  • v. To brush (a table or cloth) clear of small scraps or fragments of food.
  • verb-intransitive. To break apart in very small pieces: a solid cake that won't crumb.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
  • n. A bit, small amount.
  • n. The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
  • n. A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
  • n. A nobody, worthless person.
  • n. A body louse.
  • v. To cover with crumbs.
  • v. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
  • n. Fig.: A little; a bit.
  • n. The soft part of bread.
  • v. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A morsel: specifically, a minute piece of bread or other friable food broken off, as in crumbling it; hence, a very small fragment or portion of anything.
  • n. The soft inner part of a loaf of bread or cake, as distinguished from the crust.
  • To break into small pieces with the fingers: as, to crumb bread into milk.
  • . To crumble bread into; prepare or thicken with crumbs of bread.
  • In cookery, to cover or dress with breadcrumbs, as meat, etc.; bread.
  • Same as crump.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. break into crumbs
  • v. remove crumbs from
  • n. small piece of e.g. bread or cake
  • n. a very small quantity of something
  • v. coat with bread crumbs
  • n. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
  • Verb Form
    crumbed    crumbing    crumbs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    crum   
    Form
    crumbed    crumbing    crumber    crumble    crummy    crumby    breadcrumb   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bit    comminuted    crumbling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brum    Krum    Mum    alum    become    brum    bum    chum    clum    come   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    morsel    mouthful    cornmeal    sliver    hunk    platter