small pieces
Broken into crumbs
Small pieces refers to portions or fragments of something that have been divided, broken, or cut into lesser sizes.
The phrase appears constantly in cooking instructions cut the chicken into small pieces, craft directions, and descriptions of disassembly or destruction The vase shattered into small pieces.
Unlike specific terms like chunks or bits, small pieces remains neutral about shape or method of division.
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- broken glassFractured transparent fragments
- crumbsSmall food fragments
- bread crumbsDried, ground loaf pieces
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
bits · morsels · splinters · wood chips · flakes · chips · scraps · slivers · specks · particles · grains · shreds · torn to shreds · snippets · confetti · rubble · debris · sawdust