crumb
/krʌm/noun
उच्चारण क्रम
टुकड़ा, चूरा; ज़रा-सा
Basic word
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a very small piece of bread, cake; a small amount of something
टुकड़ा, चूरा; ज़रा-सा
- bread crumbs
- a crumb of comfort
- The floor was covered with crumbs from the biscuits.
+ 3 more examples
- Brush the crumbs off the table, please.
- Coat the cutlets in crumbs before frying them.
- A crumb of hope remained after the first round of results.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a crumb of + food
A tiny piece of bread, cake or biscuit that breaks off. Countable.
ब्रेड, केक या बिस्कुट का टूटकर गिरा बहुत छोटा टुकड़ा। यह countable है।
- There were crumbs all over the table.
- The sparrow picked up a crumb.
a crumb of comfort / hope
Figuratively, a very small amount of something good. Usually found in negative or limited contexts.
लाक्षणिक अर्थ में किसी अच्छी चीज़ की बहुत थोड़ी मात्रा; प्रायः नकारात्मक या सीमित संदर्भों में।
- The result gave him a crumb of comfort.
- She found no crumb of hope in the report.
crumb (verb)
To cover food with breadcrumbs before cooking.
पकाने से पहले भोजन पर ब्रेड का चूरा लगाना।
- Crumb the fish and fry it.
crumbs (plural, informal)
The plural can mean tiny leftovers, or low payment ('working for crumbs').
Plural का अर्थ बचे हुए छोटे अंश या बहुत कम पारिश्रमिक ('crumbs' के लिए काम करना) हो सकता है।
- The small shops fight for the crumbs left by big stores.
crumb vs crumbs
Use crumb for one tiny piece and crumbs for the scattered bits or the powder used in cooking.
एक छोटे टुकड़े के लिए 'crumb' और बिखरे कणों या खाना बनाने के चूरे के लिए 'crumbs' आता है।
- Coat the cutlets in crumbs before frying.
+Collocations 6
food + crumb
breadcakebiscuitcookiecracker
- Bread crumbs covered the chopping board.
verb + crumbs
brush offsweep upscatterleavepick up
- Brush the crumbs off your shirt.
crumb + of
of comfortof hopeof evidenceof information
- The police had not a crumb of evidence.
crumb + noun
traycoatbasetrail
- The crumb tray of the toaster needs cleaning.
adjective + crumb
tinystaledrylastsmall
- The tiny crumbs attracted ants.
crumb + preposition
a crumb from the tablea crumb of breada crumb on the plate
- A single crumb on the plate was all that remained.
“More examples 7
- Ants gathered around the crumbs under the table.
मेज़ के नीचे गिरे चूरे के चारों ओर चींटियाँ जमा हो गईं।
- Radhika shook the crumbs from the tablecloth.
राधिका ने मेज़पोश से चूरा झाड़ दिया।
- Pigeons fought for every crumb of bread.
कबूतर ब्रेड के हर कण के लिए लड़ते रहे।
- The coach could offer only a crumb of encouragement.
कोच केवल थोड़ा-सा प्रोत्साहन ही दे सका।
- Use biscuit crumbs for the base of the cheesecake.
Cheesecake के आधार के लिए बिस्कुट का चूरा लें।
- He left no crumb on his plate.
उसने अपनी थाली में एक कण भी नहीं छोड़ा।
- The teacher found crumbs of biscuit in Radhika's pencil box.
शिक्षिका को राधिका के पेंसिल-बॉक्स में बिस्कुट का चूरा मिला।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Please give me a crumbs of bread.
✓ Please give me a crumb of bread.
A singular article goes with the singular noun.
Singular article के साथ singular noun आता है।
✗ There was not a crumb of evidences.
✓ There was not a crumb of evidence.
Evidence is uncountable and has no plural.
'Evidence' uncountable है और उसका plural नहीं होता।
◇Word family
§Grammar and usage
Crumb, /krʌm/, with a silent b (like thumb, bomb, climb).
Crumb, /krʌm/, silent b के साथ (thumb, bomb, climb की तरह)।
Usage: a crumb of comfort (a very small amount of comfort); the verb crumble means break into small pieces ('The old wall crumbled').
प्रयोग में a crumb of comfort (थोड़ी-सी सांत्वना); verb crumble का अर्थ छोटे टुकड़ों में टूटना, ढहना है ('The old wall crumbled')।