crumb
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crumb¹
- /kɹʌm/ US, UK
- /kɹɐm/ Australia, New Zealand
- /kɹʊm/ Midlands, Northern England
- /kɾʌm/ Scotland
- /kɾəm/ Wales
Rhymes with -ʌm
Where it comes from
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, and first appeared in the mid-15th century, influenced by crumble and words such as dumb, numb, and thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish in kråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
noun crumbs · crimb · crum
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
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A small piece of any other solid substance.
Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
Similar: chip, crumbling, bit, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, cutting, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk
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A bit, small amount.
a crumb of comfort
Similar: grain, morsel, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit, crumb, glimpse
- Ellipsis of crumb rubber Production of rubber granules, or crumb, is well-established in this country.
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
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A nobody; a worthless person.
All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
Similar: loser, quidam, absolute zero, also-ran, chopped liver, cipher, crumb, Joe Nobody, little guy, minnow, nebbish, nobody
- A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
verb crumbs · crumbing · crumbed · crimb · crum
- To cover with crumbs.
- To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble. to crumb bread
Crumb²
Where it comes from
English, Scottish, and Irish surname, spelling variant of Crum.
proper noun Crumbs
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: skunk, rat, stinker, puke, bum, lowlife, rotter, so-and-so, scum bag, teaspoon, granule, pellet, slice, ort, cakecrumb, bread crumb
Translations
Every language
noun small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
| Español | miga, migaja, miaja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부스러기 buseureogi |
| 日本語 | 屑 kuzu, かす kasu |
| 中文 | 渣 zhā, 渣兒 /渣儿 zhār, 屑 xiè |
| Português | migalha |
| Français | miette |
| Deutsch | Krümel, Brosame |
| Italiano | briciola |
| Ελληνικά | ψίχουλο psíchoulo, τρίμμα trímma |
| Română | sfărâmătură, fărâmă, fărâmătură |
| Русский | кро́шка króška |
| Tiếng Việt | miếng, mẫu, mảnh vụn |
| العربية | كِسْرَة kisra, فُتَات futāt |
| עברית | פֵּרוּר pērur |
noun (figurative) small amount
| Español | miga, cacho, migaja, miaja |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 欠片 kakera |
| 中文 | 少許 /少许 shǎoxǔ |
| Português | migalha |
| Deutsch | Krümel |
| Italiano | briciola |
| Ελληνικά | ψίχουλα psíchoula |
| Русский | кро́шка króška, кро́ха króxa, крупи́ца krupíca |
noun soft internal portion of bread
| Español | miga, migaja, molledo, mollero, molla |
|---|---|
| Português | miolo (de pão) |
| Français | mie |
| Deutsch | Krume |
| Italiano | mollica |
| Ελληνικά | ψίχα psícha |
| Română | miez |
| Русский | мя́киш mjákiš |
| العربية | لُبّ lubb |
noun mixture to make industrial chocolate
| Italiano | impasto |
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