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crumb

crumb
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kruhm]
    • /krʌm/
    • /krʌm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kruhm]
    • /krʌm/

Definitions of crumb word

  • countable noun crumb Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it. 3
  • countable noun crumb A crumb of something, for example information, is a very small amount of it. 3
  • noun crumb a small fragment of bread, cake, or other baked foods 3
  • noun crumb a small piece or bit 3
  • noun crumb the soft inner part of bread 3
  • noun crumb a contemptible person 3

Information block about the term

Origin of crumb

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English crome, crume, Old English cruma; akin to Dutch kruim, German Krume crumb, Latin grūmus heap of earth

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Crumb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crumb popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

crumb usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for crumb

noun crumb

  • snippet — a small piece snipped off; a small bit, scrap, or fragment: an anthology of snippets.
  • jot — to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
  • speck — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
  • dab — DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'.
  • pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.

verb crumb

  • crumble — If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  • tar — a sailor.
  • soil — the act or fact of soiling.
  • bedraggle — to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
  • muck up — a bungled or disordered situation; foul-up.

Antonyms for crumb

noun crumb

  • glob — a drop or globule of a liquid.
  • lot — lot (def 14).

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