crumb
crumb
Definition
crumb (krum)
noun
- a very small piece broken off something; small particle or bit, esp. of bread, cake, etc.
- any bit or scrap crumbs of knowledge
- the soft part of bread within the crust
- ☆ Slang a worthless, disgusting, or despicable person also crumbum crum′·bum′
Etymology: ME crome < OE cruma, lit., scraping from bread crust, akin to Ger krume < IE *gr-eu, to scratch, scrape (> Ger krauen, to scratch) < base *ger-, to turn, twist
transitive verb
- Rare to crumble
- to clear of crumbs to crumb a table
- Cooking to cover or thicken with crumbs
crumb
Synonyms
crumb
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- resemble: Mix in the butter until the mixture resembles bread crumbs in texture.
- brush: He was just about to ask a share of the luncheon when the girl stood up and brushed the crumbs from her lap.
- throw: Oh, my child, then, in your gratitude, throw a few crumbs to the poor little robin redbreast!
- eat: Massive lunch was cooked by mom, Chicken, stuffing, I ate every crumb.
- drop: It was hard to hold together without dropping any 50p crumbs.
Adjective modifier
- brown: A typical mix being 2 parts of brown crumb, 2 parts of sensas roach, with 1 part of PVI binder.
- tiny: For a quarter of an hour, I trod this blazing sand, which was strewn with tiny crumbs of seashell.
- few: She managed to scatter quite a few crumbs on the track.
Modifies a noun
- tray: Also think about getting one with a removal crumb tray.
- trail: The crumb trail will not change relative to your browsing activity.
- mixture: Spoon crumb mixture evenly to cover the tin base.
- addition: Home Common Room bread crumb additions In the Educational News 5 years ago... Care to look back in time?
Noun used with modifier
- bread: Roll in bread crumbs, pressing lightly to coat both sides with crumbs.
- cookie: Failing that, any plain cookie crumbs will do.
- rubber: In addition, the school is awaiting final approval for a 60 m x 40 m third generation rubber crumb floodlit soccer facility.
- cake: It uncovers the bed sheet, which is full of cake crumbs.
Preposition: of
- comfort: We have our seeds of hope, our crumbs of comfort Through which God's work may be done.
- bread: She gave it a few crumbs of bread whenever it appeared from a crack in the floor.
- cake: Or wondered where the last crumbs of cake vanished to?
Preposition: from
- table: It is all about crumbs from table of the rich.
crumb Quotes
For I have a song to sing,O! It is sung to the moon By a love-lorn loon, Who fled from the mocking throng,O! It's the song of a merryman moping mum, Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb, As he sighed for the love of a ladye!
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