a small particle of bread, cake, etc., that has broken off.

a small particle or portion of anything; fragment; bit.

the soft inner portion of a bread ( distinguished from crust ).

crumbs, a cake topping made of sugar, flour, butter, and spice, usually crumbled on top of the raw batter and baked with the cake.

Slang . a contemptibly objectionable or worthless person.

Cookery . to dress or prepare with crumbs.

to break into crumbs or small fragments.

to remove crumbs from

The waiter crumbed the table.

noun

atom , dab , dash , dram , drop , grain , iota , jot , mite , ounce , particle , pinch , scrap , seed , shred , sliver , smidgen , snippet , soupon , speck , morsel , mouthful , piece , dot , fragment , minim , modicum , molecule , ort , scruple , tittle , trifle , whit , bit , break , little , loathsome , remnant