crumb
/krʌm/
verb
- To coat food with breadcrumbs before cooking.
- She learned to crumb chicken cutlets from her grandmother.
- You should crumb the fish fillets before frying them.
- The recipe says to crumb the vegetables and then bake them.
- To break or crumble into small pieces.
- The dry soil crumbed easily when I touched it.
- Be careful not to crumb the pastry too much.
- The old cookie started to crumb in my hand.
noun
- A very small piece of food, especially bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece.
- The birds pecked at the crumbs scattered on the sidewalk.
- There was a single crumb of cookie left on the plate.
- She brushed the bread crumbs off the tablecloth.
- A small amount or fragment of something.
- The detective found a crumb of evidence at the crime scene.
- Even a crumb of kindness can make a big difference.
- He offered only a crumb of information about the project.
- The soft inner part of bread, as opposed to the crust.
- I prefer the crumb of a fresh baguette to the crust.
- The bread had a light, airy crumb.
- She used the crumb to make bread pudding.
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