crumb
pronunciation
How to pronounce crumb in British English:
UK [krʌm]
How to pronounce crumb in American English:
US [krʌm]
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- Noun:
- a very small quantity of something
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- small piece of e.g. bread or cake
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- Verb:
- coat with bread crumbs
- break into crumbs
- remove crumbs from
Word Origin
- crumb
- crumb: [OE] Relatives of crumb are fairly widespread in the Germanic languages – German has krume, for example, and Dutch kruim – and it is represented in some non- Germanic Indo-European languages, such as Greek grūméā and even Albanian grime. As these forms indicate, the b is not original (the Old English word was cruma); it first appeared in the 16th century, but crum remained an accepted spelling well into the 19th century. The derivative crumble appeared in the 16th century.=> crumble
- crumb (n.)
- Old English cruma "crumb, fragment," from a West Germanic root of obscure origin (compare Middle Dutch crume, Dutch kruim, German krume). The -b- appeared mid-15c., in part by analogy with words like dumb, in part perhaps reinforced by crumble. Slang meaning "lousy person" is 1918, from crumb, U.S. slang for "body-louse" (1863), so called from resemblance.
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Example
- 1. Make this first layer your crumb catcher .
- 2. Butter that 's too soft also won 't cream properly with sugar , and creaming is essential to creating fluffy , tender cakes with a delicate crumb .
- 3. It 's all delicious . Every crumb .
- 4. I grab for the luscious crumb .
- 5. No bigger than a crumb ! So small you could hardly see it !