01 n. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
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A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.“Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.” — Luke xvi. 21.
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Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
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The soft part of bread.“Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.” — Old Song.
Phrases & compounds
Crumb brush —
a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
To a crum —
with great exactness; completely.