Definition of "crumb" []

• A very small piece broken from a baked item, such as a cookie, cake, or bread. (noun)
• A small fragment, scrap, or portion: eraser crumbs; not a crumb of kindness for you. (noun)
• The soft inner portion of bread. (noun)
• Slang A contemptible, untrustworthy, or loathsome person. (noun)
• To break into very small pieces; crumble. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Bakers use the term crumb for this network, which constitutes the bulk of the bread or cake."
• "Spoiled, greedy, selfish, North Americans, of which I am one, fearful of someone taking a crumb from a banquet table is what we are."
• "Especially because I am one of those cornbread fans who completely overindulges in an attempt to make sure not one single crumb is wasted."