crumb
IPA: krˈʌm
noun
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- A small piece of any other solid substance.
- (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).
- A surname.
- Short for crumb rubber. [A form of recycled rubber with a granular consistency, generally from tyres after the removal of steel etc.]
verb
- (transitive) To cover with crumbs.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
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Examples of "crumb" in Sentences
- The cookie crumbs were swept away.
- The cookie crumbs are not the universe.
- The film also references the artist Robert Crumb.
- The dried particles are comminuted to the desired crumb size.
- The mice came back to see the squirrel nibbling on their crumbs.
- Crumb disliked how the film presented the sexual content and politics.
- Crumb ended the strip in 1972 due to disagreements with the filmmakers.
- Susan arrived in England and met Violet Crumb, the owner of the local pub.
- Basically, the crumb is everything that the crust isn't in a loaf of bread.
- The crap I buy now with the label of Shake 'n Bake is cracker crumbs and MSG.