crumb
[ kruhm ]
/ krʌm /
noun
verb (used with object)
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RELATED WORDS
snippet, jot, speck, dab, pinch, scrap, drop, particle, dash, dram, atom, shred, grain, seed, mite, smidgen, iota, sliver, ounce
Nearby words
- cruiserweight,
- cruiseway,
- cruising radius,
- cruizie,
- cruller,
- crumble,
- crumblings,
- crumbly,
- crumbs,
- crumbum
Origin of crumb
before 1000; Middle English crome, crume, Old English cruma; akin to Dutch kruim, German Krume crumb, Latin grūmus heap of earth
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Examples from the Web for crumb
crumb
/ (krʌm) /
noun
verb
(tr) to prepare or cover (food) with breadcrumbs
to break into small fragments
adjective
(esp of pie crusts) made with a mixture of biscuit crumbs, sugar, etc
Word Origin for crumb
Old English cruma; related to Middle Dutch krome, Middle High German krūme, Latin grūmus heap of earth
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crumb
Old English cruma "crumb, fragment," from a West Germanic root of obscure origin (cf. Middle Dutch crume, Dutch kruim, German krume). The -b- appeared mid-15c., in part by analogy with words like dumb, in part from crumble. Slang meaning "lousy person" is 1918, from crumb, U.S. slang for "body-louse" (1863), so called from resemblance.
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