crumb

Meanings

• Noun

  A small piece that breaks off from a larger whole.

  - "The children picked crumbs from the table after their meal."
  - "A crumb of bread was all that was left in the jar."

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Pronunciation

1. /kɹʌm/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769362"

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Synonyms

crumbling

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with crumb
tomb , gomb , bomb , comb

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Variants

List of all variants of crumb that leads to same result
crumb , crumbs , crumbed , crumbing , Crumb , George Henry Crumb , crumb structure , crumb structures , breadcrumb , bread crumb , breadcrumbs , bread crumbs , trail of breadcrumbs , trails of breadcrumbs

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Etymology

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Old English cruma, from crumnian 'to crumble'

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Trivia

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1. Crumbs are often used as food for birds and other small animals.

2. In the Bible, the Last Supper is described as having taken place with the disciples eating 'the one who was dipped in the dish with me', likely referring to a piece of bread that had been broken off and shared among them, or a crumb.

3. In the novel 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White, the pig Wilbur is saved from being slaughtered when Charlotte the spider weaves the words 'Some Pig' in her web using her spit to make the words stick, and later, when Wilbur is in danger of being sent to the slaughterhouse again, Charlotte weaves the words 'Radar' and 'Blueboard' in her web to confuse the farmer, and eventually the words 'Terrible' and 'Angry' to signal Wilbur's imminent demise. Charlotte also saves Wilbur by weaving a web over him to protect him from the rain, and she later dies and leaves a trail of her web leading to Wilbur, which the farmer follows to find him and discover Charlotte's role in saving his life. Wilbur is saved from being slaughtered because the farmer believes him to be a 'terrible' and 'angry' pig, and Charlotte's web is described as being covered in 'crumbs' of spider silk.

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Culture

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Crumb is a common English word and does not have significant cultural, historical, or symbolic significance beyond its literal meaning.

How to Memorize "crumb"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large piece of bread or pastry breaking apart into small crumbs.
   - Visualize a handful of crumbs scattered on a table.

2. associate
   

   - Associate crumb with the idea of something small and insignificant.
   - Associate crumb with the idea of something left over or remaining.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mental image of a crumb as a small, insignificant piece.
   - Remember the word 'crumb' by associating it with the idea of something that breaks off from a larger whole.

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