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Gingerbread bit
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crumb
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Word definitions for crumb in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crumb of comfort (= a very small amount ) ▪ ‘You’re no worse than the rest,’ the football coach said, trying to offer me a crumb of comfort. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bread ▪ Roll in bread crumbs and grill for ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English cruma "crumb, fragment," from a West Germanic root of obscure origin (compare Middle Dutch crume , Dutch kruim , German krume ). The -b- appeared mid-15c., in part by analogy with words like dumb , in part perhaps reinforced by crumble . Slang ...
Usage examples of crumb.
She found the Boggles in the tea-room beside an empty coffee-pot and plates covered in cake crumbs.
Milena watched her do it, and allowed herself to smile as Cilia pressed together crumbs.
Zach asked when the coffee was down to dregs and the crullers reduced to a few crumbs.
Butter a small baking-dish, put in a layer of cracker crumbs, then a layer of anchovies, then sugar and crumbs.
Pour this sauce over the fish, lay a large mushroom on each piece, cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and bake in the oven.
Season with salt and pepper, dip in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Cover with crumbs, dot with butter and add sufficient boiling water to keep from burning.
Sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, and bake for an hour in a moderate oven.
Fill buttered shells, sprinkle with grated cheese, cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.
Dip in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, brown in the oven, and sprinkle with minced parsley.
Soak for an hour in olive-oil and vinegar, dip in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
Prepare a stuffing of one cupful of cracker crumbs, one cupful of oysters, one quarter of a cupful of melted butter, and salt, pepper, minced parsley, and lemon-juice to season.
Rub with butter, sprinkle with crumbs, and add sufficient boiling water to keep from burning.
Take up the fish, cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.