crumb

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A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

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1
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
2
A small piece of any other solid substance.
Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
3
figuratoA bit, small amount.
a crumb of comfort
4
The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
5
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
6
gergoA nobody; a worthless person.
All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
7
gergoA body louse (Pediculus humanus).
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Variante di crumb rubberEllipsis of crumb rubber.
Production of rubber granules, or crumb, is well-established in this country.

Etimologia

From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, and first appeared in the mid-15th century, influenced by crumble and words such as dumb, numb, and thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).

verbo

1
To cover with crumbs.
2
To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
to crumb bread

Forme

plurale: crumbs
passato: crumbed
participio passato: crumbed
participio presente: crumbing
3ª persona singolare: crumbs

Cruise · A surname from Anglo-Norman.cruiser · A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise…cruising · Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for…

crumb · A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

Crumb · A surname.crumble · To fall apart; to disintegrate.Crumble · A surname.

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.