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1 crumb
(a tiny piece, especially of bread: She puts crumbs for the birds on her window-sill.) trupinys
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crumb — ► NOUN 1) a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit. 2) the soft inner part of a loaf of bread. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. an objectionable or contemptible person. ► VERB ▪ cover (food) with breadcrumbs. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
crumb — [ krʌm ] noun count 1. ) usually plural a very small piece that falls off a dry food such as bread or cake: He brushed the crumbs from his jacket. a ) usually singular INFORMAL a very small amount of food: She hasn t touched a single crumb of her … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
crumb — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ biscuit (esp. BrE), bread (usually breadcrumbs), cake, cookie (AmE), cracker, food VERB + CRUMB ▪ … Collocations dictionary
crumb — noun (C) 1 a very small piece of dry food, especially bread or cake: Brush the crumbs off the table. 2 crumb of comfort/hope etc a very small amount of comfort, hope etc: Marie s offer of help was our only crumb of comfort. 3 AmE old fashioned… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crumb-brush — crumbˈ brush noun A brush for sweeping crumbs off the table • • • Main Entry: ↑crumb … Useful english dictionary
crumb-tray — crumbˈ tray noun A tray onto which crumbs are brushed from the table or one on which crumbs collect at the base of a toaster • • • Main Entry: ↑crumb … Useful english dictionary
crumb — noun we haven t got a crumb of evidence Syn: fragment, bit, morsel, particle, speck, scrap, shred, sliver, atom, grain, trace, tinge, mite, iota, jot, whit, ounce, scintilla, soupçon; informal smidgen … Thesaurus of popular words
crumb-bum — or crum|bum «KRUHM BUHM», noun. Slang. a person regarded as inferior or insignificant … Useful english dictionary
crumb|cloth — «KRUHM KLTH, KLOTH», noun. a cloth spread under a dining room table to protect the carpet from falling crumbs or food … Useful english dictionary
crumb structure — noun Date: circa 1906 a soil condition suitable for farming in which the soil particles are aggregated into crumbs … New Collegiate Dictionary
crumb — noun 1》 a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit. ↘the soft inner part of a loaf of bread. 2》 a very small amount: the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort. 3》 N. Amer. informal an objectionable or contemptible person. verb [often as… … English new terms dictionary