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   Crumb

   /krəm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or cracker: "she brushed some cake crumbs off her dress"
   • ▪ the soft inner part of a loaf of bread: "a morsel of crumb will often tempt a chub"
   • ▪ a dessert topping made of brown sugar, butter, flour, and spices and crumbled over a pie or cake: US "apple crumb pie"
   • 2. a very small amount of something: "the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort"
   • ▪ an unfair and inadequate share of something large: "a multi-billion dollar franchise and the family of the creator doesn't even get crumbs from the table"
   • 3. an objectionable or contemptible person: informal, derogatory North American "he's an absolute crumb"
   • 4. granulated rubber, made from recycled tires.

   verb

   • 1. cover (food) with breadcrumbs: "while the sweet potato is cooking, crumb the fish"

   Word Origin Old Englishcruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th century, perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.

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