noun
crumb
kruhm
noun
1
A tiny fragment of bread, cake, or similar food.
"He brushed the crumbs off the table after breakfast."
verb
1
To coat food with breadcrumbs, or to break something into small crumbs.
"Crumb the chicken breasts before frying."
How to Use Crumb
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tiny bit of food that breaks off, especially from bread.
Common pairings
brush off the crumbs
not a crumb left
Word Forms
crumbed past tense, Crumbs plural, crumbs singular
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Etymology
From Old English cruma ("fragment, crumb"); the silent "b" was added later by analogy with words like "thumb" and "numb."