crumbs
Tiny food pieces
Crumbs are tiny fragments that break off from bread, cake, crackers, or similar foods: She brushed the crumbs from the tablecloth.
By extension, crumbs can be any small bits or scraps: crumbs of information, crumbs of comfort.
To throw someone crumbs is to offer them only minimal, inadequate portions of what they need.
Small pieces of food
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- piecesParts of something divided
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
fragments · specks · flecks · particles · shreds · nubs · nibbles · orts
Dried, crushed loaf pieces
tracking · follow · trace · evidence · markers · hints · navigation · guidance
Dried, crushed loaf pieces
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- cookieSweet baked snack
- crackerCrisp baked wafer
- toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
biscuit · pastry · coating · breading · topping · stuffing · crunchy · stale
morsels
Small pieces of food
remnants · fragments · specks · flecks · particles · shreds · nubs · nibbles · orts · leavings
breadcrumbs
Dried, crushed loaf pieces
clues · tracking · follow · trace · evidence · markers · hints · navigation · guidance · wayfinding
breadcrumbs
Dried, crushed loaf pieces
toast · biscuit · pastry · coating · breading · topping · stuffing · crunchy · stale · dry
scattered
Spread irregularly about
- spillageLiquid that escaped containment
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- litterScattered waste or debris
untidiness · disarray · dustpan · brush · sweep · vacuum · cleanup · trail · sprinkled · strewn
pittance
Insultingly small payment
hint · smidgen · trifle · meager · paltry · measly · minuscule · tiny · mere · small
- kitchen scrapseggshell, coffee grounds, carrot tops, apple core, crust
- messy eatingslurping, dripping, spilling, dribbling, smearing
- tiny bitsdots, dot, spots, spot, specks
- bitsbits, morsels, tidbits, snippets, scraps
- debrislint, dust, hair, pet hair, dirt
- remaindersleftovers, remainder, remnants, residue, scraps
- bread crumbsDried, ground loaf pieces
- apple crumbleBaked fruit under streusel
- cookie crumbsBroken treat fragments
- cake crumbsTiny baked-good pieces
- crumb cakePastry with crumbly topping
- crumb toppingTextured baked-good coating
crumb, crumble, crumbling, crumbly, crumbled, crumbles, crumbed, crumbing, breadcrumb