¦ noun
1. a small fragment of bread, cake, or biscuit.
the soft inner part of a loaf of bread.
2. a very small amount: the Budget provided few crumbs of comfort.
3. N. Amer. informal an objectionable or contemptible person.
¦ verb [often as adjective crumbed] cover (food) with breadcrumbs.
Origin
OE
cruma, of Gmc origin; the final
-b was added in the 16th cent., perh. from
crumble.