CEFR A1

crumb

noun

Meaning

A tiny piece broken off from bread, cake, or biscuit.

Examples

A few crumbs of cake were left on the plate.
The bird pecked at the crumbs on the ground.

Synonyms: morsel, fragment, bit

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crumb (A1)

noun

Pronunciation: /krʌm/

Definition

A tiny piece broken off from bread, cake, or biscuit.

Examples

A few crumbs of cake were left on the plate.
The bird pecked at the crumbs on the ground.
He brushed the crumbs off his shirt.

How to Use crumb

crumb of (prepositional phrase): A small amount of something abstract, often used in negative contexts. — "He offered a crumb of advice, but it wasn't very helpful."

Synonyms of crumb

Words with a similar meaning to crumb:

morsel
fragment
bit

Antonyms of crumb

Words with the opposite meaning to crumb:

whole
loaf

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