crumb
noun /krʌm/
/krʌm/
- a very small piece of food, especially of bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece
- She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater.
Extra ExamplesTopics Foodc1- He didn't even leave any crumbs on his plate.
- I swept away the crumbs.
- She brushed the cake crumbs off the table.
- a few crumbs of bread
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biscuit
- bread
- cake
- …
- brush
- sweep
- wipe
- …
- crumb of
- a small piece or amount
- I managed to pick up a few crumbs of useful information.
- The government's only crumb of comfort is that their opponents are as confused as they are.
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Word OriginOld English cruma, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruim and German Krume. The final -b was added in the 16th cent., perhaps from crumble but also influenced by words such as dumb, where the original final -b is retained although no longer pronounced.