crumb

crumb is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
2. noun. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
3. noun. The soft part of bread.
4. transitive verb. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread.
5. noun. small piece of e.g. bread or cake
6. noun. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"

   "kill the rat"

   Synonyms: bum, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot

7. noun. a very small quantity of something

   "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"

   "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report"

8. verb. remove crumbs from

   "crumb the table"

9. verb. break into crumbs
10. verb. coat with bread crumbs

    "crumb a cutlet"

Synonyms

bum, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot

Common word forms

crumbs, crumbed, crumber, crumbly, crumbing, crumbable

Words from these letters

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