crumb

Meaning of crumb

noun
  1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit.
    she brushed some cake crumbs off her dress
    a crispy crumb topping
  2. a very small amount of something.
    the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort
  3. an objectionable or contemptible person.
    he's an absolute crumb
  4. granulated rubber, usually made from recycled car tyres.
verb
  1. cover (food) with breadcrumbs.
    while the sweet potato is cooking, crumb the fish

Old English cruma, 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.

Information about crumb

  • The plural form of crumb is: crumbs.
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Hyphenation of crumb

crumb

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • crumb is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

crumb synonyms

Meaning rotter:

rotter, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife, git

Meaning a small part broken off or separated from something:

fragment

Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:

bit

Meaning a small piece or amount of food; a mouthful:

morsel

Meaning the least possible amount:

particle

Meaning a tiny spot:

speck

Meaning a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used:

scrap

Meaning a very small amount:

shred, jot

Meaning a small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece:

sliver

Meaning the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist:

atom

Meaning a small hard particle of a substance such as salt or sand:

grain

Meaning a small compact particle of a substance:

granule

Meaning a barely discernible indication of something:

trace

Meaning a trace of a colour:

tinge

Meaning a minute arachnid which has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks. Many kinds live in the soil and a number are parasitic on plants or animals:

mite

Meaning the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Ι, ι ), transliterated as ‘i’:

iota

Meaning a very small part or amount:

whit

Meaning a very small amount of something:

ounce

Meaning a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling:

scintilla

Meaning the smallest amount:

vestige

Meaning a small amount of something:

smidgen, tad

Meaning another term for smidgen:

smidge

Meaning a timber beam of small cross section:

scantling

Meaning a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action:

scruple

Translation of crumb

Words that rhyme with crumb

rumb, breadcrumb

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