Crumb — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a very small quantity of something

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈʌm/

🇬🇧British English

/kɹˈʌm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɹˈʌm/

1 syllable Say it as /kɹˈʌm/.

Examples

he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
only a rotter would do that

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scum bag so-and-so skunk stinker puke dirty dog git rat stinkpot rotter lowlife bum

Parts of Speech

noun	a very small quantity of something “he gave only a crumb of information about his plans”
noun	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible “only a rotter would do that”
noun	small piece of e.g. bread or cake
verb	coat with bread crumbs “crumb a cutlet”
verb	break into crumbs
verb	remove crumbs from “crumb the table”

Word Forms

rat	verb	desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
bum	adjective	of very poor quality; flimsy
crumbly	adjective	easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
crumb	verb	remove crumbs from
crumb	noun	small piece of e.g. bread or cake

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Krume

eine sehr kleine Menge von etwas

🇫🇷French

miette

une très petite quantité de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

miga

una cantidad muy pequeña de algo

🇮🇹Italian

mollica

una quantità molto piccola di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

kruimel

een zeer kleine hoeveelheid van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

migalha

uma quantidade muito pequena de algo

🇷🇺Russian

крошка

очень небольшое количество чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

टुकड़ा

किसी चीज़ की बहुत कम मात्रा

🇧🇩Bengali

টুকরো টুকরো

খুব অল্প পরিমাণে কিছু

🇮🇳Tamil

சிறு துண்டு

ஏதோ ஒரு மிக சிறிய அளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

చిన్న ముక్క

ఏదో చాలా చిన్న పరిమాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

लहानसा तुकडा

एखाद्या गोष्टीची खूप कमी प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાનો ટુકડો બટકું

કોઈ વસ્તુનો ખૂબ જ ઓછો જથ્થો

🇮🇳Kannada

ತುಂಡು

ಯಾವುದೋ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നുറുക്ക്

എന്തെങ്കിലും വളരെ ചെറിയ അളവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟੁਕੜਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਘੱਟ ਮਾਤਰਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹکڑا

کسی چیز کی بہت کم مقدار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

屑

极少量的某物

🇯🇵Japanese

パン粉

非常に少量の何か

🇰🇷Korean

빵 부스러기

아주 적은 양의 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mảnh vụn

một số lượng rất nhỏ của một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

เศษ

บางสิ่งบางอย่างในปริมาณที่น้อยมาก

🇮🇩Indonesian

remah

sejumlah kecil sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

mumo

isang napakaliit na dami ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

serpihan

kuantiti sesuatu yang sangat kecil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كسرة خبز

كمية صغيرة جدًا من شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

خرده نان

مقدار بسیار کمی از چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

kırıntı

bir şeyin çok küçük bir miktarı

🇮🇱Hebrew

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