crumb

English

/kɹʌm/

noun
Definitions
  • A small piece which break breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
  • A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
  • (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
  • The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
  • A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
  • (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
  • (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English crome inherited from Old English cruma (crumb, fragment, morsel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *krumô derived from Proto-Indo-European *grū-mo- (scratch, junk, something scraped together, lumber, claw).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*grū-mo-

Gloss

scratch, junk, something scraped together, lumber, claw

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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