| NOUN | quantity | crumb | a very small quantity of something |
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| person | crumb, rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | |
| food | crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake | |
| VERB | contact | crumb | coat with bread crumbs |
| change | crumb | break into crumbs | |
| change | crumb | remove crumbs from |
| Sounds | krah'm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A very small quantity of something. | |
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| Broader | small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
| Meaning | A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible. | |
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| Synonyms | rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | bribón, cabrón, canalla, fulano, Fulano, gilipollas, git, miserable, perro, rata, sinvergüenza, vagabundo, villano, vómito, zorro | |
| Catalan | brètol, cabró, canalla, fill de puta, gilipollas, git, pocavergonya, rata | |
| Meaning | small piece of e.g. bread or cake. | |
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| Part of | baked goods | Foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven |
| Narrower | breadcrumb | crumb of bread |
| cracker crumbs | crumbs of crackers used especially for coating or thickening | |
| Broader | morsel, bit, bite | A small amount of solid food |
| Spanish | migaja, miga | |
| Catalan | engruna, mica, molla | |
| Adjectives | crumbly | easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder |
| Verbs | crumb | remove crumbs from |
| crumb | break into crumbs | |
| crumb | coat with bread crumbs | |
| Meaning | coat with bread crumbs. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "crumb a cutlet" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | coat, surface | Put a coat on |
| Spanish | empanar | |
| Catalan | empanar | |
| Nouns | crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake |
| Meaning | break into crumbs. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| Spanish | desmigajarse, desmigajar | |
| Catalan | esmicolar | |
| Nouns | crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake |
| Meaning | Remove crumbs from. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "crumb the table" | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Nouns | crumb | small piece of e.g. bread or cake |
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