crumb
(noun) small piece of e.g. bread or cake
rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
(noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; âonly a rotter would do thatâ; âkill the ratâ; âthrow the bum outâ; âyou cowardly little pukes!â; âthe British call a contemptible person a âgitââ
crumb
(noun) a very small quantity of something; âhe gave only a crumb of information about his plansâ; âthere were few crumbs of comfort in the reportâ
crumb
(verb) remove crumbs from; âcrumb the tableâ
crumb
(verb) break into crumbs
crumb
(verb) coat with bread crumbs; âcrumb a cutletâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crumb (countable and uncountable, plural crumbs)
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
(figuratively) A bit, small amount.
The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
(slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
(slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
• (crumbled food): crumbling
• (small amount): see also modicum.
crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)
(transitive) To cover with crumbs.
(transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
Crumb (plural Crumbs)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crumb is the 13418th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2271 individuals. Crumb is most common among White (72.88%) and Black/African American (21.58%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Crumb (krm), n. Etym: [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also crum.]
1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21.
2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song. Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
– To a crum, with great exactness; completely.
Crumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed (krmd); p. pr. & vb.n. Crumbing (krm"ng).]
Definition: To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de ChinchinĂĄ (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, ChinchinĂĄ, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
