Crumbs
Pronunciation: /ˈkrʌm/
Crumbs (noun)
- a tiny piece of bread or cake that falls off when you eat or cut it
- a very small amount of something, often used to describe kindness or hope
- the soft part inside a loaf of bread, not the crust
Examples
- He brushed the crumb off the table.
- A crumb fell from the sandwich.
Common collocations: brush off crumbs, scatter crumbs, gather crumbs, crumb of comfort, crumb of evidence